Death Wish III
| Death Wish 3 | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Michael Winner |
| Produced by |
Menahem Golan Yoram Globus Michael Winner |
| Screenplay by | Don Jakoby (as Michael Edmonds) |
| Based on | Characters by Brian Garfield |
| Starring | |
| Music by |
Jimmy Page Mike Moran |
| Cinematography | John Stanier |
| Edited by | Michael Winner (as Arnold Crust) |
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Production
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The Cannon Group, Inc.
Golan-Globus Productions |
| Distributed by | Cannon Film Distributors |
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Release date
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November 1, 1985 |
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Running time
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9–10 million |
| Box office | $16.1 million |
Death Wish 3 is a 1985 American action film directed and edited by Michael Winner. It is the third film and the last to be directed by Winner in the Death Wish film series. It stars Charles Bronson as vigilante killer Paul Kersey, and sees Kersey do battle with New York street punk gangs while receiving tacit support from a local NYPD lieutenant (Ed Lauter). Despite being set in New York City, some of the filming was shot in London to reduce production costs.
Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) has come back to New York City after being banned for a history of vigilante justice to visit his Korean War buddy Charley (Francis Drake), who is attacked by a gang in his East New York apartment. The neighbors hear the commotion and call the police. Paul arrives and Charley collapses dead in his arms. The police mistake Paul for the murderer and arrest him. At the police station, Inspector Richard Shriker (Ed Lauter) recognizes Paul as "Mr. Vigilante". Shriker lays down the law before Paul is taken to a holding cell. In the same cell is Manny Fraker (Gavan O'Herlihy), leader of the gang who killed Charley. After a fight between him and Paul, Manny is released. The police receive daily reports about the increased rate of crime. Shriker offers a deal to Paul: he can kill all the punks he wants, as long as he informs Shriker of any gang activity he hears about so the police can get a bust and make news.
Paul moves into Charley's apartment in a gang-turf war zone. The building is populated by elderly tenants terrified of Manny's gang. They include Bennett Cross (Martin Balsam), a World War II veteran and Charley’s buddy; Mr. and Mrs. Kaprov, an elderly Jewish couple; and a young Hispanic couple, Rodriguez (Joseph Gonzalez) and his wife Maria (Marina Sirtis). After a few violent muggings, Paul buys a used car as bait. When two gang members try to break into the car, Paul shoots them with his Colt Cobra. Paul twice protects Maria from the gang, but is unable to save her a third time. She is assaulted and raped, later dying in hospital from her injuries.
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