Death Wish
“Vigilante, city style — judge, jury, and executioner.”
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
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5 films
Cast
49 people
Charles Bronson
Paul Kersey
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Great Escape
Hope Lange
Joanna Kersey
Known for
Blue Velvet
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Vincent Gardenia
Frank Ochoa
Known for
Little Shop of Horrors
Moonstruck
Steven Keats
Jack Toby
Known for
Silent Rage
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Len Lesser
Cop at the Precinct
William Redfield
Sam Kreutzer
Known for
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Fantastic Voyage
Stuart Margolin
Aimes Jainchill
Known for
Days of Heaven
Arbitrage
Stephen Elliott
Police Commissioner
Known for
Beverly Hills Cop
Arthur
Kathleen Tolan
Carol Toby
Also in
The Rosary Murders
Jack Wallace
Hank
Known for
The Bear
The Boy Next Door
Fred J. Scollay
District Attorney
Known for
Q
Stanley & Iris
Chris Gampel
Ives
Known for
The Changeling
Michael Winner Director · Wendell Mayes Screenplay Gerald Wilson Writer
Worldwide gross $77M · Budget $3M · United States release July 24, 1974
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$76,600,000
Gross vs. budget
25.5×
Production
Landers-Roberts Productions
Production
The De Laurentiis Company
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian
Release dates
United States · July 24, 1974
Theatrical
Australia
January 10, 1975 · Theatrical
France
October 30, 1974 · Theatrical
May 20, 2003 · Physical · DVD
October 26, 2019 · Physical · Blu-Ray
April 1, 2021 · Digital · VOD
Germany
November 1, 1974 · Theatrical
Greece
October 8, 1975 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 14, 1980 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 8, 1975 · Theatrical
Italy
December 12, 1974 · Theatrical
Spain
April 28, 1975 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 6, 1975 · Theatrical · Originally X; cut on video
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