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Love and Bullets

1979 · 103 min

A dour, workmanlike crime drama that drifts into romance before turning cold and vengeful, watchable but never gripping.

Directed by
John Huston, Stuart Rosenberg
Genres
Crime, Drama, Action
Starring
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger
Tagline
Somebody's bound to catch the kiss of death!
Overview
Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goons are threatening Jackie's life, the FBI moves in to protect her, hoping that she'll have incriminating evidence. Veteran agent Charlie Congers is assigned to watch over Jackie, and while it soon becomes apparent that she knows almost nothing about Bomposa that would be of any use to the FBI, he falls in love with her. Bomposa decides it would be more convenient to have Jackie out of the way, ordering her to be executed. Bomposa's henchmen slip through FBI security and murder her, but now they have to answer the angry and vengeful Congers.

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Directed by
John Huston, Stuart Rosenberg
Genres
Crime, Drama, Action
Starring
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • betrayal
    • revenge
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
    crime, drama, action
    Directed by
    John Huston, Stuart Rosenberg
    Written by
    John Melson, Wendell Mayes, John Crowther
    Starring
    Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva, Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Michael V. Gazzo, Paul Koslo
    Music
    Lalo Schifrin
    Cinematography
    Fred J. Koenekamp, Anthony B. Richmond
    Runtime
    103 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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