A Force of One

A Force of One
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Directed by	Paul Aaron
Produced by	Alan Belkin
Written by	Pat E. Johnson Ernest Tidyman
Starring	Jennifer O'Neill Chuck Norris Clu Gulager Ron O'Neal Bill Wallace
Music by	Dick Halligan
Cinematography	Roger Shearman
Edited by	Bert Lovitt
Distributed by	American Cinema Releasing
Release date	June, 1979
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$20,200,000

A Force of One is a 1979 martial arts film starring Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Ron O'Neal, Clu Gulager and Bill Wallace. The film was directed by Paul Aaron and written by Pat E. Johnson and Ernest Tidyman.

When a team of undercover narcotics officers is targeted by a serial killer, the police recruit karate champion Matt Logan (Chuck Norris) to bring the murders to an end. Narcotics Officer Amanda "Mandy" Rust (Jennifer O'Neill) discovers that a traitor within the police ranks is behind the killings.

Critics nicknamed the film "A Farce of One" though it did manage to gross over twenty million dollars domestically.

The film was written by Ernest Tidyman who in a 1980 interviewed considered it his least successful effort as a craftsman. "I only wrote it to buy my mother a house," he said although financially it was one of his biggest hits.