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Overview
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Writers:
Howard B. Kreitsek (screenplay) &
Marc Norman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 March 1975 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
Sentenced to 28 years in prison for a crime he never committed. Only two things can get him out - A lot of money and Charles Bronson!
Plot:
A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
International Film Music Critics Announce 2008 Nominees
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User Comments:
Bronson is talkative. Otherwise, the film is routine. more (14 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Charles Bronson | ... | Nick Colton | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Jay Wagner | |
| Jill Ireland | ... | Ann Wagner | |
| Randy Quaid | ... | Hawk Hawkins | |
| Sheree North | ... | Myrna | |
| Jorge Moreno | ... | Sosa | |
| Emilio Fernández | ... | J.V | |
| Paul Mantee | ... | Telegraphist | |
| Alan Vint | ... | Harve | |
| Alejandro Rey | ... | Sanchez | |
| William B. White | ... | Officer #2 (as Will B. White) | |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Spencer | |
| Sidney Clute | ... | Henderson | |
| Chalo González | ... | Border Guard | |
| Antonio Tarruella | ... | Prison Guard #1 |
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Runtime:
96 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (re-rating) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1975) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | Iceland:12
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This was the first major studio film to be released in the now-common saturation pattern, debuting at over 1,000 movie theaters simultaneously; soon after this method was used for Jaws (1975) as well. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious use of rag doll when one of the bad guys is torn apart by a propeller at the end of the film. more
Quotes:
Myrna:
How does that joke go? Ah, the guy says, "so help me, I'll rape you." And the girl says, "so rape me, I'll help you."
Myrna:
So?
Nick Colton:
So... rape me, I'll help you.
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The line "Just routine, nothing special" is heard somewhere in this film, and it describes it perfectly. It's utterly routine and mostly actionless. But Bronson's character is unusually talkative and his performance unusually broad. Those are the film's only distinguishing elements.