A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
- Geraldine Wexton
- (as Kelly Miles)
- Director
- Writers
- Gerald Wilson(screenplay)
- John Gardner(book "A Complete State of Death")
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the novel, the main character is called Derek Torry, not Lou, and the entire story is set in the UK.
- Goofs(at around 55 mins) Immediately after the guy in the brown suit is contacted by the motorcycle cop at LAX, Charles Bronson is talking to his boss. During this exchange, just after the solo shot of the boss, the shadow of the boom mic is seen between the two mens heads at the ceiling line. The shadow moves from right to left and disappears
- Quotes
[last lines]
Guido Lorenz: [Lorenz and Torrey, in car, as they watch Vescari enter a church] Nothing changes, only the names.
Lou Torrey: You gotta be kidding. We're chest deep in water. Screaming against the rushing tide.
Al Vescari: [cut to Vescari in church confessional, after organizing the hit on the other Dons] Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. I haven't been to confession for ten days. I lose my temper...
Lou Torrey: [cut back to Torrey and Lorenz in car] You know, last three weeks, in New York City alone, there were 159 homicides?
Al Vescari: [in confessional] I don't mean to be harsh... but I... struck my son in anger last Tuesday.
Lou Torrey: [in car] Three thousand criminal assaults, six thousand robberies.
Al Vescari: [in confessional] Ruth, my wife, bless her, I swore at her.
Lou Torrey: [in car] You multiply that by Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles.
Al Vescari: [in confessional] For these... and all the other sins which I cannot remember, forgive me.
[exits confessional, pauses to cross himself in front of the altar, and leaves church]
Lou Torrey: [in car, watching Vescari get into his limo] You remember that cartoon of an old Roman Circus, where all the lions are roaring, and the page boy yells down the corridor...
[to camera]
Lou Torrey: you've got five minutes, Christians.
[Vescari's limo pulls away as credits roll]
- Crazy creditsActor Gene Woodbury is credited in opening credits only.
- Alternate versionsIn the German video cut 13 minutes are missing. 02:33: Lou Torrey visits his wife. Both talk about their daughter and New York in general. She says: I look at you and I see this town. Complete scene is missing.(1:30 min.) 18:04: Lipper's assassination is prepared. Lipper himself fools a cop in hospital who should bring him back to jail (4:25 min.). 33:11: Vescari explains further details of his plan. All men go back to their cars (2:13 min.). 36:20: Torrey looks at Geraldine Waxton's dossier (0:10 min.). 38:58: Both cops run down the stairs. Torrey searches for Geraldine Waxton in a flower power parish in Carmel. The whole scene is missing. Geraldine asks Torrey if he would be interested in her. Torrey answers: Another time, another place, another cop. (4:19 min). 48:19: The car is driving around a corner (0:06 min.). 59:12: Matthews explains his hatred against the desert mission (0:12 min.). 90:26: Torrey sits in the car and quotes a word that was common in the roman arena: You've got five minutes, Christians. (0:07 min.).
- ConnectionsFeatured in En Büyük Yumruk (1983)
- sanjuro-12
- Jul 31, 1999
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- A Complete State of Death
- Filming locations
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park - 15701 East Avenue M, Lancaster, California, USA(exteriors and interiors of mobsters' desert base called "the old Wexton Indian house")
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,386,064
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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