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Messenger of Death

    Action
    Crime
    Thriller
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Sep 16, 1988
Rated R

Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$3,074,681
  • Budget
    $5,000,000
  • Vote Average
    6.0
  • Vote Count
    75
  • Popularity
    9
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Charles Bronson
Garret Smith
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Trish Van Devere
Jastra Watson
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Laurence Luckinbill
Homer Foxx
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Daniel Benzali
Chief Barney Doyle
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Marilyn Hassett
Josephine Fabrizio
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Charles Dierkop
Orville Beecham
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Jeff Corey
Willis Beecham
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John Ireland
Zenas Beecham
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Penny Peyser
Trudy Pike
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Gene Davis
Junior Assassin
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John Solari
Senior Assassin
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Jon Cedar
Saul
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Tom Everett
Wiley
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Duncan Gamble
Lieutenant Scully
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Jerome Thor
Jimmy
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Sydna Scott
Sarah Beecham
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Cheryl Waters
Magda Beecham
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Melanie Noble
Rebecca Beecham
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Patricia Allison
Florinda Beecham
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Maria Mayenzet
Esther Beecham
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Sheila Gale Kandlbinder
Ursula Beecham
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Margaret Howell
Naomi Beecham
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Warner Loughlin
Ruth Beecham
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Kimberly Beck
Piety Beecham
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Beverly Thompson
Mrs. Lucy Bigelow
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William Phipps
Doc Turner (as William Edward Phipps)
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Tarrish Potter
Elizabeth Beecham
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Bert Williams
Sheriff Yates

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Reviews

(1)
kevin2019
80%
"Messenger of Death" harks back to a period in Charles Bronson's career when the films he selected to appear in were not almost exclusively preoccupied with the squalid and violent mean streets of "Death Wish" (1974) and the seemingly limitless stream of increasingly pale sequels and imitations it spawned. Bronson rarely participates in any of the action sequences in this film and the story is much stronger and better constructed than usual. The central location of Colorado with its light dusting of snow looks exquisitely chilly and absolutely gorgeous. The most thrilling and exciting of the small ration of action sequences features a Landrover doing battle against two huge tankers and the resulting scene has been superbly put on the screen, but best of all it's good to see Charles Bronson appearing in films which have more substance than we have come to expect.