Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- new york city
- taxi
- police
- fight
- gangster
- anti hero
- architect
- revenge
- vigilante
- hospital
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- William Redfield — Sam Kreutzer
- Stuart Margolin — Aimes Jainchill
- Stephen Elliott — Police Commissioner
- Kathleen Tolan — Carol Toby
- Jack Wallace — Hank
- Fred J. Scollay — District Attorney
- Chris Gampel — Ives
- Robert Kya-Hill — Joe Charles
- Edward Grover — Lt. Briggs
- Jeff Goldblum — Freak #1
- Christopher Logan — Freak #2
- Directed
- Michael Winner
- Written
- Michael Winner, Gerald Wilson, Wendell Mayes
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 985 ratings
- Studio
- Landers-Roberts Productions, The De Laurentiis Company
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1974 · You’re hereDeath Wish
Where it starts.
Death Wish II
1982
Death Wish 3
1985
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
