technically, if charlie bronson was one in a million there should be another 7,000 charles bronons walking around the planet this fact comforts me. charles bronson walks amongst us
I always loved this movie. One of Bronson's best flicks. Classic Elmore Leonard story too. Good guy is severely underestimated ,backed into a corner and forced to fight back against the bad guys( who are always really bad and menacing) using theirs skills and brains which they never see coming. Never get tired of how Charlie turns the tables on the baddies in this one. Last line in the movie is the best one "hey lieutenant you were right. He was really trying to kill me!"
Bronson , er Buchinsky was born & raised about 15 miles from our home in Portage ,Pa. I can remember as a kid watching him on TV & at the Movies. Never did get to meet him though. Would have been a pleasure to meet a Hometown War Hero & Famous Actor.
@Greg Barbera No, sorry, but he was born in Ehrenfeld, Pa which is sort of between Portage and Johnstown PA, not in Ohio. He worked in the bituminous (soft) coal mines in that area. It was ironic in the movie "The Great Escape" that he had to play the guy digging in the tunnel, because his one weakness was claustrophobia from working in the mines.
@@lagster1018 LOL, yeah, that one is pretty good, too! Notice though the pellet holes in the windshield, below the speaker. He used real ammo! Such an awesome film.
Charles Bronson ,Rod Taylor William Smith legit tough guys look at the fight scene with Rod and William in the movie Darker than Amber both guys lost their temper and it was a fight Rod Taylor boxing champ in Australia William Smith a special forces in the cold war boxing background and martial artist Bronson WW 2 B29 tail gunner 25 mission's purple heart and boxing background
"You think you're mean little ass kicker, don'tcha?" I think I was about fourteen when my buddies and I watched this movie in a theater. It was undoubtedly the coolest thing we had ever heard a guy say in a movie. Bronson was the definition of cool to young guys in those days. Quiet, polite, then he would just beat your ass if you messed with him!
I honestly think the last two decades that produced honest to God stars were the 1960's and 70's . Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, who is around today to fill their shoes today ? I can't think of any. Sure, there are talents working today such as Adam Driver and Tom Hardy but they don't light up the screen like those men did.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Anthony Hopkins still graces us with a wonderful performance from time to time but I know that will probably be coming to an end soon too. Al Pacino is still alive and acting his ass off. Clint Eastwood...but I think he might be done too and they're all in the twilight of their careers. Once they're gone, then we really will have no one truly great to entertain us. :/
Yes for sure, that’s why men our age were men, we didn’t worry if we were women, and need meds for everything. Movies and music has allot to do with how young boys become men... because of movies like this I served in the Army, trained to be a bad ass like Charles. I was a police officer to... I had a guy point a gun at me once, I told him “anything I got ain’t worth you dying over” he looked around and demanded I give him my gun. He woke up later looking at the sky. Was I scared, you dam straight!!!! But we are men... today’s men wanna wear big beads look tough with Tattoos all over... cops are the same, the young with tattoos all over, act tough but when the gun gets pulled on them or they feel unsafe, they don’t know what to do. That’s why you see so many shooting with cops now... when the criminals see them they know their scared, they see it in their eyes... I never had to ask a criminal twice, they knew I wasn’t gonna fuck around...
Another good line when he's been threatened by Frank Renda and should be shaking in his boots and says (politely) 'Well I can see there's just no getting along with you' and cold cocks Renda.
Legendary Charles Bronson. The Death Wish movies are great too. I've been watching The Wild Wild West tv series from the late 60's. The physical effort put into every episode is amazing. Life is way too short.
Robert Conrad's boxing experience showed, and he nearly killed himself doing stunts. The same crew of (too bruised) stuntmen appeared throughout the series.
Ahhh! Hard Times, Majestyk, The Mechanic, D12 & Great Escape... My top 5. Somehow Hard Times gets overlooked 🤦🤷 His chemistry w/ James Coburn is great as anlilely allies. A la Eastwood & Lee Van Cleef in the The Man w/ No Name trilogy. Classics.
@phuloc6 The Cleveland had a shorter stroke, thus quick off the line the Windsor had a long stroke and was all about top end. Windsor also shared the same block as the 302.
Charles Buchinsky was the epitome of the guy you don’t want to mess around with. Even modern badasses like Jason Statham would end up going “hmmm… nope” and walk away.
william Islas Bronson era actors were mostly WW11 vets. They were real life bad asses. No actor today could stand up to them. They are a bunch of pussies.
Look up John Bindon. He was an actor who really was as hard as nails. A London gangster and enforcer, his real life was far more violent than his acting credits.
Born in Germany Paul Koslo (Bobby Kopas) has always been the ideal cast of one of the villains in many Western and other pictures. I like this Guy. He played among other things at the side of Legends like Clint Eastwood and John Wayne.
In more detail after playing tough guy like that with a gun he will go to the sheriff and say , wa wa wa he hit me Made this comment from real life experiences with the types
@nimnoga stfu, and have like 13 witnesses to a murder, your ass would be in prison before you got home tough guy, and only guy youd ever be in this whole scenario is one of them pickers doing what your told.
Now that's what I call ass whooping. Charles Bronson was one of my childhood heroes. He was so cool and I miss the man. Rip Sir, you're greatly missed ❤
Bronson Rod Taylor and William Smith toughest guys in the 60s 70s Just at Rod's fight with William in the movie Darker than Amber it was real both guys lost their temper Rod a tough Aussie got into a fight with NFL Jim Brown at Playboy mansion party and won I guess he couldn't get along with him in the movie Dark of the sun good underated movie Smith destroyed Arnold's Schwarzenegger arrogant ego in the movie Conan Arnold challenged him to a arm wrestling match and lost badly in front of the set Lol all of these guys background speaks for itself
Bronson always so calm while kicking ass. Reminds me of George Foreman, just waltz up, do the job, and go. I'd imagine Bronson could be a real handful in real life, given his physique.....
He grew up blue collar before acting, not with a silver spoon, so understood the need to muscle. Significantly introverted and shy in real life, but not to the point of debilitating his career prospects. A family guy, took his family to location production scenes.
Hey man, I just got some new shoes. That's cool where did you get them from. Inserts answer here. That's interesting, I recently went to a store that had this really big breasted lady at the till and I needed a wingman, so I called another buddy of mine you'll know who it is and I asked him to come over here and some stroker came by and asked me if he needed his assistance, he was some greasy oddball so I replied to him. I don't hire winos that's never slipped melons before. There you go.
@Gianni Marco He's dead. He WAS a Lithuanian Tatar. None of that has any bearing though... the claim was that he was discriminating against whites, and that was the truth.
Crusader1815 the truth is, he wanted people who would work, not just whine (kinda like you're doing now) Latinos started growing and picking fruit in the Southwest 100s of years before the the American government stole it from them. I'd bet money you wouldn't last 2 hours working a melon patch. "Crusader" my ass.
@@lowellcalavera6045 Stop your stupid grievance industry lying. Now it's you who are whining, you anti-white communist. FYI I worked one summer (in the South) burning documents in front of a furnace. Bet you wouldn't last one hour doing that.
love this movie. one of bronson's best and he made some good ones. why is it the best movies are the old ones? now days a movie has to have tons of swearing to get the attention of the young. i miss the old days.
This movie was made just before Bronson made it big the U.S. Sean Connery and Bronson were the two most popular male movie stars in the world in 1971 despite the fact that most American movie fans had forgotten that Bronson ever existed or thought he was just doing small movies somewhere. In the 1960s and early 70's Bronson was a superstar in Asia and Europe and if it hadn't been for Death Wish which he made in his 50's he would more than likely be remembered for the handful of roles he played in some big U.S. movies and never become the huge star in America that he belatedly came. Charlie Bronson...the toughest of them all!
Charles Bronson legit tough guy indeed Sean Connery is ok but not a legit tough guy Rod Taylor was a legit tough guy Aussie amateur champion in Australia great actor very underated Got into a real fight with William Smith another legit tough guy in the movie Darker than Amber the fight scene was real And Rod Taylor also couldn't get along with NFL Jim Brown in the movie Dark of the sun good movie So it was said that at Playboy mansion party both guys got into a fight and Rod Taylor beat up Jim Brown And William Smith knocked out Chuck Connors in some cowboy show in the 60s And destroyed Arnold's Schwarzenegger arrogant ego in the movie Conan Arnold challenged him to a arm wrestling match and lost Lol
This scene proves sometimes a gun will not help you. I know it's just a movie, but if you own a gun practice with it every chance you get. Never let a person take it from you. Always be alert in any situation where you are wielding it for your safety. It only took Bronson a second to take it from him.
That guy was wielding it for intimidation, not for safety. He could have had all the lessons in the world, and his cocky attitude would still have led him straight back to this place.
@@garethifan1034 Lol all you want. Utah police found out it takes a person 1.5 seconds to run 21 feet from a standstill. It takes the average gunman to draw a gun in 1.5 seconds, so unless you got it out you're screwed. Always be aware of your surroundings.
@@Ensign_Cthulhu There was that brief second where Roy Rogers realized "wait, he's coming right at me, if I shoot my ass is on the hook for murder--"... ...and that hesitation was enough to get him the worst case of sore nuts in local history.
A lot of these old time actors came up the real hard way during the Depression. Their authenticity didn't come from acting classes; they lived it. Watch Bronson in "Hard Times". He really looked like a guy who had to make a living the hard way. Read through the bios of the old actors and some of them had interesting lives before the got into acting; their early lives would've made interesting movies all by themselves. George Brent was a wanted man in Northern Ireland for IRA activities. Walter Brennan served 2 years in France in WWI, made a fortune in real estate and lost it all BEFORE becoming an actor. Victor McLaglen was a circus boxer who offered $25 to anyone who could go 3 rounds with him. He fought and lost to Jack Johnson. In WWI, he served in the British Army and was heavyweight champ of the army.
In his 50's he was more chiseled than most guys in their 20's. In Florida the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is in charge of Concealed Carry Permits. Guess who was the Commisioner of that department a few years back? Yep, Charles Bronson. Not THE Charles Bronson but a namesake. You can be sure none of us ever threw away that permit once it expired.
