![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bishop is prone to anxiety attacks, and trouble forming a meaningful relationship, causing him to visit a call girl (wife Jill Ireland in a cameo), paying her to read him love letters before sex. ![]() He’s his usual stoic self as Bishop, but the character has a bit more depth. Bishop’s next hit takes the two overseas to Naples, where they’re set up to be killed themselves, resulting in a violent conclusion and a deliciously deadly twist ending.īronson, after over twenty years and 50 plus movie roles, became an overnight success with the same year’s THE VALACHI PAPERS. Their first caper together goes sour, bringing Bishop’s boss much displeasure. McKenna’s son Steve (Vincent) is a stone-cold sociopath himself, and soon worms his way into becoming Bishop’s apprentice. Given a job to kill family friend Big Harry McKenna (Keenan Wynn), Bishop does the deed with chilling precision. I’d say this is one of Charlie’s best 70’s actioners, but let’s be serious – they’re ALL damn entertaining!Īrthur Bishop (Bronson) takes his work seriously, meticulously planning every assignment he receives from his Mafia boss ( Frank De Kova ). Stone-faced Charles Bronson is perfect as an ice-cold, classical music loving hit man who mentors young Jan-Michael Vincent in 1972’s THE MECHANIC. ![]()
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