The Stone Killer
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Director Michael Winner Music director Roy Budd Duration Language English | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime, Drama Producer Michael Winner Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 8, 1973 (1973-08-08) Writer Gerald Wilson (screenplay), John Gardner (book) Cast Charles Bronson (Lou Torrey), Martin Balsam (Al Vescari), Jack Colvin (Jumper), Paul Koslo (Langley), Stuart Margolin (Lawrence), Norman Fell (Les Daniels)Similar movies Memories of Murder , Let's Be Cops , Gone Baby Gone , A Walk Among the Tombstones , Se7en , The Dead Pool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Stone Killer is a 1973 action thriller film starring Charles Bronson and directed by Michael Winner. It came out in between The Mechanic and Death Wish, all three of which teamed up actor/director Bronson and Winner. Norman Fell and John Ritter appear as cops in this film, not too long before the TV series Three's Company. Character actor Stuart Margolin plays a significant role; he also appeared in Death Wish.
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Plot
The film involves a plot by a present day (1973) Mafia don (Martin Balsam) to avenge the killings of a group of Mafia dons back in 1931 ("The Night of Sicilian Vespers") with a bold nationwide counter-strike against most of the current Italian and Jewish syndicate heads using teams of Vietnam vets instead of Mafia hit men. ("Stone killer" means a Mafia hit man who is not himself a member of the Mafia.)
Bronson plays a gritty, independent detective who stumbles across the plot when a washed-up former hit man is killed under circumstances that make it clear that it was an inside job and that Mafia were involved. He then slowly uncovers the clues that point to a seemingly impossible plot.
Cast
Production
During the shootout in the parking garage at the film's climax, stunt Coordinator Alan Gibbs' seat-belt snapped and his head struck the steering wheel, causing him to sustain serious injuries in one of the numerous car crashes that take place. The cars were rentals from Hertz, who were so concerned with damage that they sent a representative to the set to reclaim them. Winner supposedly told the rep, "You should be glad we're crashing your (expletive) awful cars. You'll be able to write them off completely and get nice new ones."
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