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A Japanese ambassador travelling through the Wild West is held up by outlaws, who steal a ceremonial sword. The diplomat's bodyguard joins forces with a betrayed member of the gang to take down the bandits and recover the priceless blade. Spaghetti Western, starring Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune
1971
Movie/Drama
Western
Cast & Crew
Charles Bronson
(Actor)
.. Link Stuart
Toshiro Mifune
(Actor)
.. Kuroda Jubei
Alain Delon
(Actor)
.. Gauche
Ursula Andress
(Actor)
.. Cristina
Capucine
(Actor)
.. Pepita
Barta Barri
(Actor)
.. Paco
Guido Lollobrigida
(Actor)
.. Mace
Anthony Dawson
(Actor)
.. Hyatt
Terence Young
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Charles Bronson
(Actor)
.. Link Stuart
Born:
November 03, 1921
in
Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania
Best Known For:
The Death Wish movies.
Early-life:
Born Charles Dennis Buchinsky in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania on November 3, 1921, he was the 11th of 15 children and his father died when he was 10. Charles learned to speak English when he was a teenager, before that he spoke his parents' native Lithuanian and Russian. His first job was working in a coal mine. He did this until he signed up for military service during the Second World War. He served as an aerial gunner in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron. He flew 25 missions and was awarded a Purple Heart medal for wounds he received in battle. After the war, Charles joined a theatrical group and shared an apartment in New York with aspiring actor Jack Klugman, who went on to make a name for himself in The Odd Couple and Quincy, MD.
Career:
In 1950, Bronson married and moved to Hollywood, where he took acting classes and began landing small roles. He made several TV guest appearances during the 1950s in the likes of The Doctor, Waterfront, Treasury Men in Action, The Sheriff of Cochise, and US Marshall. His profile increased when he was cast as one of the seven gunfighters in the movie The Magnificent Seven (1960). Prominent films after that included The Great Escape (1963), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). In 1974, he made the film he is most associated with, Death Wish. It was a box-office hit and led to four sequels. After his health deteriorated, he retired from acting in 1998. He suffered from Alzheimer's in his final years and died of pneumonia on August 30, 2003, at the age of 81.
Quote:
"I look like a quarry someone has dynamited."
Trivia:
In 1954, he changed his surname from Buchinsky to Bronson because his agent thought a European surname might damage his career. He made six films with director Michael Winner and nine with director J Lee Thompson.
Toshiro Mifune
(Actor)
.. Kuroda Jubei
Alain Delon
(Actor)
.. Gauche
Ursula Andress
(Actor)
.. Cristina
Capucine
(Actor)
.. Pepita
Barta Barri
(Actor)
.. Paco
Guido Lollobrigida
(Actor)
.. Mace
Anthony Dawson
(Actor)
.. Hyatt
Terence Young
(Director)
