---
title: 'Death Wish (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Winner'
released: '1974-07-24'
runtime_minutes: 97
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-wish-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071402/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Death Wish (1974)

1974 · R · 97 min · Drama, Action, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Death Wish is a 1974 American vigilante action-thriller film directed by Michael Winner. The film, loosely based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Brian Garfield and the first installment in the Death Wish film series, stars Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, alongside Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Kathleen Tolan and Christopher Guest. In the film, Paul Kersey, an architect leading a peaceful life, resorts to vigilantism after his wife Joanna is murdered and daughter Carol Kersey Toby is raped during a home invasion.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Winner](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-winner)
- **Screenplay:** [Wendell Mayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendell-mayes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbie Hancock](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbie-hancock)
- **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis), [Bobby Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-roberts)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur J. Ornitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-j-ornitz)
- **Editor:** [Bernard Gribble](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-gribble)

## Cast

- [Stephen Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-elliott)
- [Jack Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-wallace)
- [Paul Dooley](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dooley)
- [Eric Laneuville](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-laneuville)
- [Hank Garrett](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-garrett)
- [Edward Grover](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-grover)
- [Al Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-lewis)
- [Robert Miano](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-miano)
- [Olympia Dukakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/olympia-dukakis)
- [Jeff Goldblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-goldblum)
- [Charles Bronson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bronson)
- [John Herzfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-herzfeld)
- [Tom Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hayden)
- [Hope Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/hope-lange)
- [Christopher Logan](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-logan)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-wish-1974
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