Once a mild-mannered liberal, New York City architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) snaps when intruders break into his home, murdering his wife (Hope Lange) and violently raping his daughter. A business trip to Tucson, Ariz., lands him a gift from a client, a revolver he uses to patrol the streets when he returns home. Frustrated that the police cannot find the intruders, he become a vigilante, gunning down any criminal that crosses his path. The public finds this vigilantism heroic.
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00:00:18Hold it right there!
00:00:26Hold it again, hold it!
00:00:28Oh, come on, Pa!
00:00:30One more, one more!
00:00:40You're not gonna show this to anyone, are you?
00:00:42Sure, why not? You've got a prime figure.
00:00:44You really have, you know.
00:00:46That's a euphemism for facts.
00:00:48You want me to go back to the hotel?
00:01:02I met him with right here.
00:01:04We're too civilized.
00:01:08I remember when we weren't.
00:01:10Well, we'll go back to the hotel.
00:01:12Paul, we'll go back to the hotel.
00:01:22Paul, I don't want to go back home.
00:01:24We're too late.
00:01:26We're too late.
00:01:28We're too late.
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00:01:32We're too late.
00:01:34Transworld Airlines passengers on TW 76 from Honolulu to New York
00:01:49should proceed from the check-in car to French and large recording.
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00:02:33Oh, my God.
00:03:03Oh, my God.
00:03:33Oh, my God.
00:04:03Oh, my God.
00:04:32We're living it up in Maui or Kaui or Yaui, whatever it is.
00:04:35What?
00:04:36There were 15 murders the first week and 21 last week in this goddamn city.
00:04:40That's a lot.
00:04:41You know, decent people are going to have to work here and live somewhere else.
00:04:44By decent people, you mean people who can afford to live somewhere else.
00:04:47Oh, Christ.
00:04:48You are such a bleeding-heart liberal, Paul.
00:04:51My heart bleeds a little for the underprivileged, yeah.
00:04:54The underprivileged are beating our goddamn brains out.
00:04:56You know what I say?
00:04:57Stick them in concentration camps.
00:05:00That's what I say.
00:05:01Henry.
00:05:02Hello.
00:05:03I've been running the cost and profit on the Jane Chill development in Tucson, Arizona.
00:05:08Well, based on these figures, I don't see how Blue Ridge can underwrite 50% of it.
00:05:13Well, Jane Chill's been very successful in a small way.
00:05:16Well, then I suggest you send a man down from our San Francisco office to step it out.
00:05:24Redesign it if necessary.
00:05:26Because that's a high risk for the eight-reage involved.
00:05:30I'll talk to Inge about it.
00:05:31Thanks, Paul.
00:05:34Oh, Paul, how does it feel to be back in the war zone after Hawaii?
00:05:40I was feeling pretty good until I ran into Sam and he delivered the crime rate statistics.
00:05:45But what this city needs is more cops than people.
00:05:48You'll have to find other options, Samuel.
00:05:50No one could pay the taxes.
00:05:52Heh heh heh.
00:06:05Woo-hoo-hoo!
00:06:08Yeah!
00:06:09Yeah!
00:06:12Woo!
00:06:13Yeah!
00:06:152.17.
00:06:33Would you have these delivered, please, Mary?
00:06:37Bye.
00:06:41What?
00:06:41Thank you very much.
00:07:11Thank you very much.
00:07:41Thank you very much.
00:08:11Thank you very much.
00:08:41Groceries, ma'am.
00:08:43Thank you very much.
00:09:13Hey, mother, look at the artiste doing his art.
00:09:20Beautiful, mother.
00:09:22My purse is in the kitchen.
00:09:23Just stand still.
00:09:25We'll do as they say, Carol.
00:09:26Where is your purse?
00:09:36Shit, you only got four bucks.
00:09:37I got three of those two bits.
00:09:40You're going to get the shit kicked out of you, mother.
00:09:43It's all we have.
00:09:44It's all we have.
00:09:44Rich people like you?
00:09:46Shit, we want money, mother.
00:09:47Now get it.
00:09:48It's true.
00:09:48That's all we have.
00:09:49I'm going to step you in the ass.
00:09:56I'm going to step you in the ass.
00:10:01Leave her alone.
00:10:06Goddamn rich cunt.
00:10:08I kill rich cunt.
00:10:09Mother's getting the shit kicked out of her.
00:10:22Hey, let's screw this one, man.
00:10:24No, man.
00:10:24Let's travel.
00:10:25No, man.
00:10:26Let me paint her ass.
00:10:27Hey, man, you think you're out of taste.
00:10:38I'll show you how to paint, man.
00:10:40I'm going to paint your goddamn mouth.
00:10:42Paint your mouth.
00:10:43You're going to like that.
00:10:45You're going to get one other guy.
00:10:49She's going to swallow the taste.
00:10:51Open that goddamn mouth.
00:10:55I'm going to bust your mouth.
00:10:56I'm going to bust my mouth.
00:10:58I'm going to bust my mouth.
00:11:00I'm going to bust my mouth.
00:11:05Shit, let's split.
00:11:26Tell me, will you get my wife on the phone, please?
00:11:35Mr. Kersey's office.
00:11:43Is it my wife?
00:11:44No, sir.
00:11:45It's your son-in-law.
00:11:48Hello, Jack.
00:11:49Dad.
00:11:51Dad, we got trouble.
00:11:52Trouble, you and Carol.
00:11:54Don't tell me about it.
00:11:56No, no.
00:11:57Dad, it's Mom and Carol.
00:12:01They're taking them to the emergency receiving canal hospital.
00:12:04What the hell for?
00:12:05Look, I don't know.
00:12:07The police just called me.
00:12:08What's happening, Jack?
00:12:10I don't know any more than that, Dad.
00:12:12Look, I'm at my office.
00:12:13I'm going to the hospital.
00:12:14Just meet me.
00:12:15They're okay.
00:12:18Dr. Fanning, go to the emergency room.
00:12:20That's Dr. Fanning.
00:12:22Go to the emergency room.
00:12:24Dr. D.I.
00:12:25I'm going to stop.
00:12:26Oh, are they all right?
00:12:27I don't know.
00:12:28I just got here a few minutes ago.
00:12:30You know anything?
00:12:31Were they cut, stabbed, what?
00:12:34No, sir.
00:12:35Just beat up.
00:12:36This is Officer Joe Charles.
00:12:38He came in the ambulance with Mom and Carol.
00:12:39They're going to be all right?
00:12:40I've told Mr. Tobey all I know.
00:12:42And if there's anything I can do,
00:12:44ask for me at the 21st precinct.
00:12:45Luck to.
00:12:47Come on, Dad.
00:12:48We might as well go sit down.
00:12:49What'd they tell you?
00:12:51Not lunch.
00:12:53What?
00:12:56They beat them both up.
00:12:57Who did?
00:12:58Why?
00:12:58I take it easy, Dad.
00:12:59I'm just as rattled as you are.
00:13:02The officer said that Carol wasn't making much sense.
00:13:05Two, maybe three men, they...
00:13:08She opened the door to let them in
00:13:09because she thought it was the delivery boy
00:13:11from the supermarket.
00:13:12I need Dr. Ramon.
00:13:14Jesus Christ.
00:13:16Dr. Taffia, Dr. Gavis, Taffia.
00:13:19Dr. Ramon, Dr. Ramon.
00:13:20When are we going to know something?
00:13:22I'll only shop this girl to the emergency room.
00:13:25Come back.
00:13:25Dr. White, Dr. White.
00:13:27They know we're here.
00:13:29The nurse is nice.
00:13:30Spoke to one of them.
00:13:31Somebody ought to come as a man
00:13:33or whether he's bleeding.
00:13:34Nobody comes.
00:13:39Nurse, I'm waiting to find out
00:13:41what happened to my wife and daughter.
00:13:42Oh, a doctor will see you
00:13:44after he's made his examination.
00:13:45But we've been waiting a long time.
00:13:48It hasn't been that long, man.
00:13:49Just two or three minutes.
00:13:51Dr. Daffia, Dr. Ramon.
00:13:52Mr. Tobey?
00:13:55Yes.
00:13:56Your wife is all right.
00:13:57We've sedated her and put her to bed.
00:13:59My name is Paul Kersey.
00:14:00How's my wife?
00:14:01I'm sorry.
00:14:04She died a few minutes ago, Mr. Kersey.
00:14:12Almighty God, we commend to you our neighbor Joanna,
00:14:16trusting your love and mercy
00:14:18and believing in the promise of a resurrection
00:14:21to eternal life
00:14:22through our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:14:25Amen.
00:14:25Almighty God,
00:14:29Father of the whole family in heaven and on earth,
00:14:32stand by those who sorrow,
00:14:34that as they lean on your strength,
00:14:36they may be upheld
00:14:37and believe the good news of life beyond life.
00:14:41Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
00:14:44Amen.
00:14:44Amen.
00:14:44I'm going back to Sam and Adele.
00:15:04They go right by my place.
00:15:07Don't you want to come to our apartment?
00:15:09It's time.
00:15:10I went to my own.
00:15:11I have to sometime.
00:15:14Baby?
00:15:17Baby?
00:15:20I'm going back with Sam.
00:15:22You get plenty of mist.
00:15:31She'll be all right, Dad.
00:15:44Residents of northern suburbs will need quite some time
00:16:03to dig themselves out of a snowstorm
00:16:05that's taking much of Connecticut
00:16:06and Rockland and Westchester counties by surprise.
00:16:09In New York City,
00:16:10light snow flurries lingering till about midnight,
00:16:12no accumulations but afternoon.
00:16:14Turn that thing off.
00:16:15I'm listening to the weather report.
00:16:16Why haven't you found my dog?
00:16:17He's vital to my income.
00:16:18He paints such marvelous pictures with his paws.
00:16:22I know there's nothing like this ever happened.
00:16:24Yes, help me.
00:16:25Can you tell me where I can find Officer Joe Charles?
00:16:28What's your business?
00:16:29My name is Paul Kersey.
00:16:31A couple days ago,
00:16:32my wife and daughter were attacked
00:16:33and he was one of the policemen on the scene
00:16:35that I wanted to talk to.
00:16:37Yeah, well, okay, so I think they're...
00:16:39Addie, is Joe Charles still back there
00:16:42or has he gone on duty yet?
00:16:44Yeah, there's someone out here
00:16:45who wants to talk to him.
00:16:46I told you,
00:16:47and somebody,
00:16:48that's my person,
00:16:49the man who came up from behind me,
00:16:51my credit cards is in there,
00:16:52my rent money.
00:16:53I don't know, Keith,
00:16:54I have a description.
00:16:56The man who came from behind me.
00:16:58You didn't see who it was?
00:16:59No, I didn't see nothing.
00:17:00Hello, Mr. Kersey.
00:17:02Officer Charles.
00:17:04I dropped by,
00:17:05see if you had any information
00:17:06on the people who attacked my family.
00:17:08I'll take it to the detective
00:17:09in charge of the case.
00:17:20Lieutenant?
00:17:22This is Mr. Paul Kersey,
00:17:23case number 884.
00:17:25His wife and daughter were assaulted.
00:17:26I'd know you, Mr. Kersey.
00:17:27I'm going on duty now,
00:17:28Mr. Kersey,
00:17:28so I'll leave you.
00:17:29Thanks, Elvis.
00:17:30Not at all.
00:17:30Right this way, Mr. Kersey.
00:17:32You have a seat, Mr. Kersey?
00:17:36Have you found out anything yet?
00:17:38Well, the supermarket security officer
00:17:40and one of the checkers
00:17:41remembers these three characters
00:17:42leaving right after Mrs. Kersey
00:17:44and your daughter.
00:17:45I think they could have gotten
00:17:46the apartment number
00:17:46off the address
00:17:47on the grocery bags,
00:17:48but they haven't been able
00:17:49to pick the faces
00:17:50out of them.
00:17:51How is your daughter,
00:17:52Mr. Kersey?
00:17:53She's under doctor sedation
00:17:55right now.
00:17:55But today I had the funeral
00:17:59for my wife up in Connecticut
00:18:00and she was able to make that.
00:18:03Your daughter didn't give us
00:18:04much information, Mr. Kersey.
00:18:06We wish we could persuade her
00:18:07to take a look at the mug books.
00:18:09Did she refuse?
00:18:11Her husband asked us
00:18:12to wait for a few days.
00:18:14In fact, the sooner she looks
00:18:15at the mug books,
00:18:16the better chance she has
00:18:16of recalling one or two of her faces.
00:18:18We'll talk to my son-in-law
00:18:22to see what can be done.
00:18:24I'd appreciate that, Mr. Kersey.
00:18:26Sir, any chance
00:18:29of catching these men?
00:18:31This chance, sure.
00:18:33Just a chance.
00:18:35I'd be less than honest
00:18:36if I gave you more hope,
00:18:37Mr. Kersey.
00:18:38In the city,
00:18:40that's the way it is.
00:18:41I thought you were asleep.
00:18:58Are you getting
00:18:59the most out of life?
00:19:01Are you satisfied,
00:19:02fulfilled, happy?
00:19:04Our bank has helped many
00:19:05to a better future.
00:19:11We'll see you next time.
00:19:41Good morning, Mr. Kersey.
00:20:01Good morning.
00:20:02Give me $20.25, please.
00:20:11Good morning, Paul.
00:20:20Good morning.
00:20:23Paul, you're tough.
00:20:24You know, you really are.
00:20:25I told Ives you'd come in
00:20:26this morning.
00:20:27I said,
00:20:28Paul is not the kind of man
00:20:29to leave the pieces
00:20:29of his life lying around.
00:20:31He'll just start
00:20:31picking them up.
00:20:33Just a matter.
00:20:33Keep them busy, Sammy.
00:20:34Paul, welcome back.
00:20:39Good morning, Andy.
00:20:40See you for lunch, Paul?
00:20:41Yeah, sure.
00:20:42Paul, I'm going to give you
00:20:43a vacation.
00:20:44From New York, that is.
00:20:47The Jane Chill development
00:20:48of Tucson, Arizona.
00:20:51I want you to take it over.
00:20:53Redesign it if necessary,
00:20:54whatever you have to do.
00:20:55All right?
00:20:57That's all right.
00:20:58But can I give you an answer
00:20:59in about a week?
00:20:59I don't want to leave
00:21:01New York just now
00:21:01because it counts.
00:21:03Fine.
00:21:04When you're ready,
00:21:05let me know.
00:21:07Beautiful place, Tucson.
00:21:08They can breathe out there.
00:21:19She's sleeping too much.
00:21:21It's not normal.
00:21:23I've got a couple
00:21:24of TV dinners in the oven.
00:21:26Come on.
00:21:26Just be a couple of minutes.
00:21:29Jack, this drink's enough
00:21:31for me.
00:21:32I've never seen you drink
00:21:33without eating.
00:21:34I'm not hungry.
00:21:36I think maybe
00:21:37you ought to take Carol
00:21:40to see another doctor.
00:21:42I did today.
00:21:44A psychiatrist.
00:21:46He seems to feel
00:21:48it might help her
00:21:49if I took her away
00:21:49to another environment.
00:21:51Out of New York.
00:21:52On the shore.
00:21:53Some place.
00:21:54Sounds like a good idea.
00:21:56I'll go along with you.
00:21:58No, Dad.
00:21:59He seemed to feel
00:22:01that it might be better
00:22:02if she didn't have
00:22:02any association
00:22:03with anyone
00:22:04that might remind her
00:22:05of that day.
00:22:06How the hell
00:22:06do I remind her
00:22:07of that day?
00:22:08Well, you know
00:22:09how it is, Dad.
00:22:10I mean,
00:22:11it happened
00:22:11in your apartment.
00:22:13You're living there.
00:22:15You're a reminder
00:22:16of Mom.
00:22:19Dad,
00:22:20don't make it tough
00:22:21for me.
00:22:23Okay,
00:22:24I'll make it easy
00:22:25for you.
00:22:25I have asked me
00:22:27to go to Tucson,
00:22:28Arizona on a job.
00:22:30How long
00:22:30will you be gone?
00:22:31I don't know
00:22:32until I look the job over.
00:22:34But you call me
00:22:35every other day.
00:22:36Let me know
00:22:36how Carol is.
00:22:38Sure I will, Dad.
00:22:40You know,
00:22:41that'll be good for you.
00:22:42I hear Tucson's
00:22:42a really beautiful place.
00:22:44Yeah, yeah,
00:22:45that's what everybody says.
00:22:46How are you today,
00:22:55sir?
00:22:55Let's go.
00:23:25Son of a bitch.
00:23:40Turn around, son of a bitch.
00:23:43Motherfucker.
00:23:44I said turn around and hand me the money.
00:23:55Motherfucker.
00:25:09Paul Kersey.
00:25:12Yes.
00:25:13Ames Janchel.
00:25:14How do you do, Mr. Janchel?
00:25:16Ames. I'll call you Paul. Come on, let's get you back.
00:25:18You know who I was.
00:25:19You look like in New York.
00:25:20Come on, let's get you back.
00:25:33Come on, let's get you back.
00:25:37That it, Judge?
00:25:46I want you to see this country before you looked at the drawings back at the office.
00:25:51To give you a better idea.
00:25:53I don't want to change these hills.
00:25:55Don't want to bulldoze them flat.
00:25:59You'll waste a lot of building space.
00:26:03Wasting space.
00:26:05Now, those are some words that you big developers have got to change for something else.
00:26:10Such as?
00:26:11Well, space for life.
00:26:14Like old Judd up there, space for people.
00:26:17Horses, cows.
00:26:19I got funny ideas about building things.
00:26:29Howdy, folks. Welcome to old Tucson, the famous movie location and studio.
00:26:32In just a few moments...
00:26:34Come on, let's whet our whistle before I brought you back to the motel.
00:26:37A glass of beer, maybe.
00:26:38...on the forges and boardwalks of the Red Dog Cafe, the territorial gunsmith shop...
00:26:42What's happening here?
00:26:44Oh, it's a phony western town.
00:26:46They shoot movies here sometimes, but the best time it's for the tourists.
00:26:50But this is where the actual performance will take place.
00:26:53Thank you for your attention.
00:26:54This sounds pretty good.
00:26:55You want to watch this?
00:26:56A few moments where the Wild West looks again.
00:27:00Where's the marshal?
00:27:01He's in the bank.
00:27:02I spotted him through the window as I came by.
00:27:04What do you got in mind to do then?
00:27:05Well, why don't you steal my horse?
00:27:07All right, that's a good trick.
00:27:09We'll use it.
00:27:10You spot yourself on the porch while I draw the marshal out into the open.
00:27:13Marshal?
00:27:14Hey, marshal!
00:27:15What's the matter, fella?
00:27:17Somebody stole my horse.
00:27:19I told you to get out of town by sunset.
00:27:21You missing a bay mare that was tied to the hitching rail?
00:27:24I saw a fella come and take her just this fella go.
00:27:26Well, what did he look like?
00:27:28Well, he was about this tall and he had this...
00:27:31Get him, Frank!
00:27:45Let's put him inside here and get to the bank and make that withdrawal.
00:28:04All right, boys.
00:28:06The fun's over.
00:28:07Fly your guns and step out with your hands up.
00:28:10You'd better listen, marshal.
00:28:12I've got three sticks of dynamite here.
00:28:14Don't be a fool!
00:28:31The outlaw lives seemed a shortcut to easy money,
00:28:34which could buy liquor, women, and a turn at the gambling table.
00:28:37But there were honest men with dreams who would fight to protect their...
00:28:41Let's get that beer.
00:28:42And we were to plant the roots that would grow into a nation.
00:28:52The Blue Ridge won't buy it.
00:28:54I don't build a thing that's gonna be a slum in 20 years.
00:28:59And I won't doze those hills.
00:29:02What I build conforms to the land.
00:29:04And you can't hear the toilets flushed next door.
00:29:07If you want our help, you'll have to let you work with it.
00:29:10Well, up to a point, I want your help.
00:29:15Up to a point, I'll give it.
00:29:17I was a little on drugs that will protect me soon.
00:29:19I must not judge them, never let you find it.
00:29:23But I'll give it to them.
00:29:25I can't Casey.
00:29:27Look, wait for them.
00:29:29If you want your holiday's book,
00:29:30you'll want to consider all the peosoops.
00:29:31I'll give it...
00:29:32Are you back to Joe for six?
00:29:35...-
00:29:36...-
00:29:37...
00:29:38...
00:29:39...
00:29:40...
00:29:41...
00:29:42When do I get a look-see?
00:30:10In a couple of days, the guard said you were here after midnight last night.
00:30:16Yeah, that's the way I work.
00:30:19Somebody once said, I forget who, that he never looked back because something might be gaining on him.
00:30:26What's gaining on you, Paul?
00:30:29$20 million investment. What else?
00:30:32Well, I was going to ask you to have dinner with me at the club, but I don't think you'd be very good company.
00:30:38No, I don't think I would.
00:30:40Might amuse you, though, being from New York, maybe you've never seen a club like this.
00:30:44It's a gun club. We shoot guns.
00:30:51It's a goddamn much hoopla from the gun control people.
00:30:55Half the nation's scared to even hold a gun.
00:30:57You know, like it was a snake who was going to bite you or something.
00:31:00Hell, a gun, and a gun's just a tool.
00:31:02Like a hammer or an axe.
00:31:06Wasn't long ago, you used to put food on the table.
00:31:08Keep foxes out of the chicken coop.
00:31:10Rustlers off the range.
00:31:12Bandits out of the bank.
00:31:13Paul, how long since you held a pistol in your hand?
00:31:15A long time.
00:31:21Which war was yours?
00:31:22Korea?
00:31:22Yeah.
00:31:24See much action?
00:31:25A little.
00:31:26Or infantry?
00:31:27I was a CO in a medical unit.
00:31:32Commanding officer, huh?
00:31:35Conscientious object.
00:31:36Oh, Christ.
00:31:40What a guess to bring to a gun club.
00:31:43You're probably one of them knee-jerk liberals.
00:31:45Thinks us gun boys will shoot our guns because it's an extension of our penises.
00:31:50I never thought about it that way.
00:31:52It could be true.
00:31:54Or maybe it is.
00:31:56But this is gun country.
00:31:58Can you own a handgun in New York City?
00:32:00Out here, I heard no man doesn't own one.
00:32:03And I'll tell you something.
00:32:04Unlike your city, we can walk our streets and through our parks at night and feel safe.
00:32:10Muggers operating out here, they're just plain to get their asses blown up.
00:32:14Now, let's lift these on.
00:32:17All righty.
00:32:18This is a percussion pistol.
00:32:211842.
00:32:25You ever had no one of those before?
00:32:29You know how to fire it?
00:32:31Watch the cake.
00:32:32Why are you going to think that your arm's going to hit the ceiling?
00:32:46Goddamn!
00:32:47Paul, you hit dead center!
00:32:49Mind if I try this hog leg coat?
00:32:51No.
00:32:52Well, you're a peculiar conscientious objector.
00:32:55Are these notches for real?
00:32:57Yeah.
00:32:58Belonged to a gunfighter named Candy Dan, 1890.
00:33:02I do know something about guns, Ames.
00:33:04I grew up with them.
00:33:05All kinds of guns.
00:33:08You see, my father was a hunter.
00:33:10I guess out here you'd call him a gunman.
00:33:13My mother was the other side of the coin.
00:33:15When my father was killed in a hunting accident, some fool was looking for a deer, you see.
00:33:23My mother won the toss.
00:33:25I never touched a gun since.
00:33:29I love my father.
00:33:30There are your hills.
00:33:45Every house has a part of one for a backyard for kids, dogs, horses.
00:33:50400 houses.
00:33:51100 more than you allowed for.
00:33:53And you still have 12 hills.
00:33:54I'm catching the 1040 back to New York.
00:34:00What do I tell them?
00:34:03You tell them I'll buy it if they will.
00:34:04You're checking this bag through, aren't you?
00:34:26Yeah.
00:34:26Good.
00:34:28Let me slip a little going away present in there for you.
00:34:34Trans World Airlines Flight 63 from Tucson, New York.
00:34:42Morning, sir.
00:34:43How are you today?
00:34:44Taking one bag?
00:34:46Paul, I can't thank you enough for what you did for me.
00:34:50I want you to know if you ever get tired of living in that toilet, you're welcome here.
00:34:59Trans World Airlines Flight 7 to London and Frankfurt is now boarding.
00:35:03Passengers should proceed to date 11...
00:35:06Welcome home, Dad.
00:35:07Hi, Jack.
00:35:08I halfway expected to see Carolyn.
00:35:10Come on.
00:35:11Let's go get your bags.
00:35:12What is it?
00:35:17She's in the hospital.
00:35:21When I last spoke to you on the phone, you said she was feeling better after coming back from the shore.
00:35:25Well, I didn't see any need to get you all disturbed on a long-distance call.
00:35:30Well, Mr. Corey, a passenger on Trans World Airlines Flight 100 from Vancouver...
00:35:35Come on, Dad.
00:35:37Don't do a number...
00:35:38Don't do a number on me.
00:35:41Look, there was nothing you could do.
00:35:44I haven't even let me see her for two days.
00:35:46They tried insulin shock yesterday.
00:35:52She's not responding.
00:35:55You want the technical jargon?
00:35:56I can reel off yards of it.
00:35:59Catatonia.
00:35:59Dementia praecox.
00:36:01Passive schizoid paranoia.
00:36:05It all boils down to the fact that she's had an experience that she can't face...
00:36:08and she's running away from it inside herself.
00:36:11Well, Mrs. Laser, a passenger on Trans World Airlines Flight 45 to Paris...
00:36:16Please contact the information...
00:36:19You didn't handle it right, Jack.
00:36:21Oh, Christ, Dad.
00:36:24I'll get other doctors.
00:36:27What are these goddamn doctors you have?
00:36:29They're good doctors.
00:36:34God, she's almost a goddamn vegetable.
00:36:38God, she's almost a goddamn doctor.
00:37:08If you don't sign the papers, what happens?
00:37:12I guess they keep her in the hospital until the insurance runs out.
00:37:16That won't be too long.
00:37:17If you sign the papers and she's committed, what then?
00:37:22Well, I've got an insurance policy that covers it up to about 600 a month.
00:37:26They've recommended a sanatorium out in Long Island.
00:37:28Jack, this commitment, is it a one-way thing?
00:37:37Nobody can answer that, Dad.
00:37:41You want to know what they are?
00:37:43They're statistics on a police blotter.
00:37:46Mom and Carol, along with thousands of other people.
00:37:48And there is nothing that we can do to stop it.
00:37:53Nothing but cut and run.
00:37:55Don't wait to tell a doctor.
00:38:02Woah, bye.
00:38:02I'm not sure.
00:38:03Goère, goère.
00:38:04Oh, my God.
00:38:34Oh, my God.
00:39:04Oh, my God.
00:39:34Oh, my God.
00:40:04Oh, my God.
00:40:16Oh, what a bummer, man.
00:40:19That was the worst fucking movie I've ever seen.
00:40:49Oh, my God.
00:41:19Oh, my God.
00:41:48You got money, man?
00:41:54Shit, I'll kill you.
00:41:56Give me your money, or I'll bust you up.
00:41:57Oh, my God.
00:42:06Oh, my God.
00:42:10Oh, my God.
00:42:15Oh, my God.
00:42:17Oh, my God.
00:42:19Oh, my God.
00:42:20Oh, my God.
00:42:21Oh, my God.
00:42:23Oh, my God.
00:42:24Oh, my God.
00:42:25Oh, my God.
00:42:27Oh, my God.
00:42:28Oh, my God.
00:42:29Oh, my God.
00:42:31oh jesus oh jesus jesus christ oh oh jesus
00:43:01good morning inspector good morning what do we got you got a corpse down here one bullet hole in his
00:43:29chest fellow over there was jogging through the park at daybreak found him on the path here
00:43:34you got a make on the dead man yeah his name is thomas leroy marston he had a parole card we got
00:43:39a radio check on that he served 42 months of five-year hitch for grand larceny he's a drug
00:43:44addict he's probably popping smack again this punctures both arms we found this on the grass
00:43:49next to him thing hasn't been fired deceased had a gun clip on his belt think it must be his
00:43:55what would you say if i suggested that he tried a heist he got shot for his trouble maybe two guys
00:44:03trying to heist each other no no this man wasn't robbed still has money in his wallet
00:44:25good morning paul good morning
00:44:37paul morning well we've marked it out as you've indicated
00:44:44it's beautiful what's our profit
00:44:49not quite three million but i believe that our investment can be amortized in two years
00:44:53years and it is a show place operation look at all that wasted space jane joe loves those hills
00:44:59besides it's a take it to a leave it proposition well it's too pretty to leave
00:45:05okay i'll run it for the board you may need your help paul okay
00:45:12oh cheers on agreed with you you look well i feel uh good
00:45:20okay
00:45:31Come on, get it!
00:46:01Come on, get it!
00:46:31Come on, get it!
00:47:01Ride the ambulance to the morgue.
00:47:04When they get the slugs out of those bodies, run them over to the lab for ballistics.
00:47:09You saw them pretty good, didn't you?
00:47:18You saw them pretty good, didn't you?
00:47:20You saw them pretty good, didn't you?
00:47:24You saw them pretty good.
00:47:26You saw them pretty good.
00:47:27You saw them pretty good.
00:47:29You saw them pretty good, didn't you?
00:47:31You saw them pretty good.
00:47:32You saw them pretty good.
00:47:32You saw them pretty good, didn't you?
00:47:36We'll put the slugs out and buy them out.
00:47:42I don't know.
00:48:30You know, if we had the brains to live here in the country, we wouldn't be here for the reason we are today.
00:48:36We'd be going into the city to work.
00:48:39Mom and Carol be safe at home, waiting for us to come back.
00:48:42Nothing to do but cut and run, huh?
00:48:46What else?
00:48:47What about the old American social custom of self-defense?
00:48:52If the police don't defend us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves.
00:48:57We're not pioneers anymore, Dad.
00:49:00What are we, Jack?
00:49:02What do you mean?
00:49:04I mean, if we're not pioneers, what have we become?
00:49:08What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition of fear, do nothing about it.
00:49:15They just run and hide.
00:49:19Civilized?
00:49:20No.
00:49:29Ladies and gentlemen, we have to start this investigation somewhere.
00:49:34So let's start here.
00:49:42Motive.
00:49:44Revenge.
00:49:46I want the records checked.
00:49:48Go back, say, uh, three months.
00:49:52Limited to homicide.
00:49:53We could be looking for a man who's had a member or members of his family killed by muggers.
00:50:01Now, he shoots that pistol pretty good.
00:50:06Right?
00:50:06Okay.
00:50:09Combat veteran.
00:50:11So put Vietnam vets at the top of the list.
00:50:14Because they're youngest and toughest.
00:50:16Then you can work your way through Korea and World War II.
00:50:20Oh, my God.
00:50:23Who said that?
00:50:25Hmm?
00:50:27Well, whoever said it, you're right on the button.
00:50:30By God and Jesus Christ, it's impossible.
00:50:33But until we find a shortcut, we'll at least keep busy.
00:50:40So when the media demands to know what we are doing to apprehend the vigilante,
00:50:44we'll tell them we have definite clues.
00:50:49Okay?
00:50:51We won't tell them we have about a thousand definite clues.
00:51:03Okay.
00:51:08So.
00:51:09I don't know.
00:51:18My name is Michael.
00:51:24I'm sorry.
00:51:25I'm sorry.
00:51:26I'm sorry.
00:51:26If you're there.
00:51:27I'm sorry.
00:51:28I'm sorry.
00:51:28I'm sorry.
00:51:29You're right.
00:51:30I'm sorry.
00:51:31I'm sorry.
00:51:32I'm sorry.
00:51:32I'm sorry.
00:51:33Let's go.
00:52:03Let's go.
00:52:33Let's go.
00:53:03Let's go.
00:53:33Let's go.
00:54:03Let's go.
00:54:33Let's go.
00:55:03Let's go.
00:55:05Let's go.
00:55:35Let's go.
00:55:37Let's go.
00:55:39Let's go.
00:55:41Let's go.
00:55:43Let's go.
00:55:45Let's go.
00:55:47Let's go.
00:55:49Let's go.
00:55:55Let's go.
00:55:57Let's go.
00:55:59Take a walk on Columbus Avenue tonight.
00:56:01Let's go.
00:56:03Let's go.
00:56:07Let's go.
00:56:13Let's go.
00:56:15Let's go.
00:56:21Let's go.
00:56:23Let's go.
00:56:25Let's go.
00:56:27Let's go.
00:56:29Let's go.
00:56:31Let's go.
00:56:33Let's go.
00:56:35Let's go.
00:56:37Let's go.
00:56:39Let's go.
00:56:47Let's go.
00:56:49Let's go.
00:56:51that have had somebody killed by muggers let's put them through the computer and see if any of
00:56:56them live near the store people are inclined to buy groceries in their own neighborhoods
00:57:04hi jack come on come on in dad make yourself a drink
00:57:11hey what do you think the new face
00:57:15it's a little uh hard on the eyes on the eyes it's careful
00:57:21hey jack turn it back up i can't hear
00:57:30we got liver and spaghetti for dinner how do you like your liver then hey no drink let me make
00:57:37you no yeah listen that's all right i'll get it myself okay i uh i saw carol today
00:57:46aren't you gonna ask how she's doing i know how she's doing i went up to see her yesterday
00:57:54what the hell are you so high about what the hell you want me to do moan grown for the rest of my life
00:57:58how do you want your liver media
00:58:06make it media
00:58:10and there goes the pussy posse
00:58:23ha ha ha
00:58:33We'll see you next time.
01:00:03You'll have to take it.
01:00:05Shh.
01:00:06Shh.
01:00:08Shh.
01:00:10Shh.
01:00:14Shh.
01:00:16Shh.
01:00:18Shh.
01:00:19Shh.
01:00:21Shh.
01:00:22Shh.
01:00:23Shh.
01:00:24You went that way.
01:00:26He went that way.
01:00:56He went that way.
01:01:26He went that way.
01:01:56He went that way.
01:02:26He went that way.
01:02:56The vigilante himself may have been wounded.
01:03:00The actions of the vigilante, as lawless as they may be, seem to be giving others new attitudes toward crime in the streets.
01:03:08Instead of helplessly allowing themselves to be mugged and robbed, a few are fighting back.
01:03:13I have with me Mrs. Alma Lee Brown, who today successfully defended herself against two muggers with an unusual weapon.
01:03:21Mrs. Brown, would you tell us how you drove off your attackers today?
01:03:25Well, a hat pin.
01:03:27You ever seen a hat pin?
01:03:29I can't say that I have.
01:03:31Well, that's what we used to hold our hats on with.
01:03:34And I ain't got no gun like this vigilante fellow.
01:03:39But I went to my closet.
01:03:41And everybody better look out for me from now on.
01:03:44Because I've been robbed too many times.
01:03:47And I've got enough.
01:03:48Some of the men who were building this skyscraper here made what you might call a citizen's arrest today.
01:03:54I'll ask Andrew McCabe, one of the foremen, to tell you about it.
01:03:58Well, we, me and my crew was working down in a hole.
01:04:01One of the boys up on the steel yelled down,
01:04:03Hey, there's a mugging going on.
01:04:05So we come out of the hole and true to gate and we caught this guy running and we roughed him up a little bit before the police came.
01:04:12Well, the hospital report says the man had two broken arms, a broken jaw and cracked ribs.
01:04:17No kidding.
01:04:18Jeez, a poor guy must have fell down.
01:04:21Walking distances from D'Agostino's.
01:04:24Two blocks, crosstown, six short blocks, uptown and downtown.
01:04:28I mean, that's how far I'd be willing to walk to a market.
01:04:31Good.
01:04:33Very good, Mr. Meddy.
01:04:35We have 12 families living within this area who have suffered a death in the family in the past three months for mugging, stabbing, shooting, assault.
01:04:43Two of these families have no male members.
01:04:45One family has only an 80-year-old grandfather.
01:04:48That leaves nine families.
01:04:50Total number of male persons in these families who are old enough to have served in the Vietnam War, Korea or World War II comes to 14.
01:05:00It's wild.
01:05:02It's a real wild shot.
01:05:05But the fact is that the vigilante plugged his first victim in Riverside Park, exactly two and one half blocks from that D'Agostino market.
01:05:14Even if all these guys are clean, we still can't ignore that coincidence.
01:05:20No, sir.
01:05:22Our friend lives in that neighborhood.
01:05:24But Frank, he was on a subway with groceries five miles uptown.
01:05:27There's no better come on for a mugging than a guy with a bag full of groceries.
01:05:32It means he's got some money in his pocket and his hands are occupied.
01:05:37He might have been carrying those groceries for hours.
01:05:39I want a preliminary line on these names.
01:05:43Where they work, service record, reputation, police record, if any.
01:05:49And I want it fast.
01:05:54You know, like today.
01:05:57Huh?
01:05:57It's probably having as much effect on the total crime picture as putting a band-aid on a leopard.
01:06:04Now, now, wait a minute.
01:06:05I don't know about that.
01:06:06I mean, a mugger's going to think twice about who he hits.
01:06:08Sure, they're hitting more old ladies.
01:06:10That's all.
01:06:10Well, how you doing?
01:06:12Let me get you down here.
01:06:16There's only one thing.
01:06:16The guy's a racist.
01:06:18You notice he kills more blacks than whites.
01:06:19Oh, for Pete's sake, Gary.
01:06:20More blacks are muggers than whites.
01:06:22What do you want us to do?
01:06:23Increase the proportion of white muggers who will have racial equality among muggers?
01:06:26Oh, no, racial equality among muggers.
01:06:29Oh, I love it.
01:06:30He has a very serious incident.
01:06:31What's it?
01:06:32Great.
01:06:52What do we got here?
01:07:07A guy named Paul Kirschi.
01:07:10His wife was murdered in their apartment.
01:07:13Interesting detail.
01:07:14The attackers, three of them, gained entrance to the apartment by posing as delivery boys
01:07:18from our D'Agostino's Market, where the vigilante buys his groceries.
01:07:22What else about him?
01:07:24He lives alone now.
01:07:26Development engineer for the Blue Ridge Corporation.
01:07:29Served in Korea.
01:07:30Medical Corps.
01:07:31Conscientious objector.
01:07:33No police record.
01:07:35Credits.
01:07:36Reputation.
01:07:36Excellent.
01:07:38Conscientious objectors are unlikely vigilantes.
01:07:41We got a finger?
01:07:42Yeah.
01:07:43Over there.
01:07:45Patrolman Joe Charles.
01:07:48Good.
01:07:52Good morning, Mr. Kirschi.
01:07:55Joe Charles, Mr. Kirschi.
01:07:56Oh, yes, of course.
01:07:58How do you do?
01:07:59Good to see you again.
01:08:00How's your daughter?
01:08:02Same.
01:08:04Take care.
01:08:09Follow him.
01:08:17Yes, I'll see you that, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:27Just a moment, please.
01:08:28You're not resident here.
01:08:29Who do you wish to see?
01:08:30I'll call up for you.
01:08:31Now you're okay.
01:08:32Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:33Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:34Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:35Good to see you again.
01:08:35Good to see you again.
01:08:36Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:37Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:37Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:38Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:38Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:39Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:39Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:40Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:41Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:42Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:42Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:43Good to see you again, Mrs. Cohn.
01:08:43I don't know.
01:09:13I don't know.
01:09:43I don't know.
01:10:13I don't know.
01:10:43I don't know.
01:10:45I don't know.
01:10:47It narrows it down.
01:10:49But in the balance, he could be the man.
01:10:52Yeah.
01:10:53Yeah, he could be.
01:10:56Mike.
01:10:56Suppose this Paul Kersey is the vigilante.
01:11:02All right.
01:11:03Let's say that.
01:11:06We don't want him.
01:11:07Okay.
01:11:08Okay.
01:11:12Inspector, on my desk, I have a statistic red hot out of the computer.
01:11:15Mugging has gone down by how much, sir?
01:11:20From 9.50 a week to 4.70, he reported last week.
01:11:25You understand not too many people know that.
01:11:27And you want to keep it that way, huh?
01:11:30Oh, no, we have to keep it that way, Inspector.
01:11:33This whole city would explode.
01:11:35We'd have vigilantes out in the street killing anybody who even looked greasy.
01:11:40You can see that.
01:11:40We want this man to quick desist, go away, to stop.
01:11:49So the mugging rate can go up?
01:11:53If I arrest him, wouldn't I get him off the streets?
01:11:55My God, man, I don't want a martyr on my hand.
01:11:57All right.
01:11:59All right.
01:12:00I just want to hear you say it.
01:12:09I'll try to scare him off.
01:12:11But that's as far as I'll go.
01:12:14That's right, Frank.
01:12:16Scare him off.
01:12:19Scare him off?
01:12:20Scare him off.
01:12:34Yes?
01:12:35A call for you from a man who says he's an old friend
01:12:37and wonders if you'll recognize his voice.
01:12:40Do you want the call that way, or shall I insist upon his name?
01:12:43Okay, I'll take it.
01:12:44I'm putting you through.
01:12:48Hello?
01:12:48Is this Paul Kersey?
01:12:51Yes, who's this?
01:12:54Mr. Kersey, you're on the police surveillance.
01:12:58You're being watched.
01:13:08Scare him off.
01:13:18Papers, papers, read all about the vigilante.
01:13:29Get your papers here.
01:13:31Read all about the vigilante.
01:13:33How are you this evening, sir?
01:13:36Papers, papers, read all about the vigilante.
01:13:40Hey!
01:13:56All right, you kick out.
01:13:58Come on.
01:13:58Hands on the car.
01:13:59Come on.
01:14:00Spread your legs.
01:14:00Okay, turn around.
01:14:11Let's see some identification.
01:14:19Where do you live?
01:14:1933, Riverside.
01:14:22Okay, Mr. Kersey.
01:14:23Sorry to have roughed you up so much.
01:14:24We're looking for a guy pretty close to your description.
01:14:27He's supposed to be armed, but we couldn't take any chances.
01:14:29I hope you understand.
01:14:32Look, if you want to make a complaint, I'll give you my number.
01:14:35It's all right.
01:14:36Nobody was hurt.
01:14:36Okay, thanks.
01:14:38Good night, Mr. Kersey.
01:14:45Okay?
01:14:47Yeah.
01:14:49Okay.
01:15:06I went in the building about 10 minutes ago.
01:15:12Went to D'Agostino's Market first.
01:15:36We go, Adam.
01:16:05Let's check him, huh?
01:16:15Throw that phone booth on the corner and call his number.
01:16:17He's up there.
01:16:19Check him anyway.
01:16:20Okay.
01:16:24Okay.
01:16:32What is this?
01:16:33Yes.
01:17:03Yes.
01:17:33Who is this guy?
01:17:37He's crazy.
01:17:37Police, I see a badge.
01:17:46I'll call him.
01:17:46I'll call him as soon as he gets off the phone.
01:17:48I'm just waiting.
01:17:50Yeah, I'll be lost.
01:17:58No answer.
01:17:59Of course, he could be in the shower or something.
01:18:00Stay here.
01:18:33Good night, Mr. Carsey.
01:18:57Good night.
01:18:57Good night.
01:18:57Good night.
01:18:58Good night.
01:19:20I'm supposed to be Paul Kersey. Has he gone up yet?
01:19:28Kersey? Yes, sir. He went up and came down.
01:19:30Just walked out.
01:19:50Where'd you go? He didn't show here, did he?
01:20:04Can I ask a simple question? Is this Paul Kersey the bird?
01:20:09I ain't gonna ask any more questions.
01:20:12Go home, will you? I don't need you.
01:20:14Weird.
01:20:20Come on down, motherfucker. We're gonna take you.
01:20:47That's right, motherfucker. And you can't go back up, either.
01:20:59Come on down and bring us the money, honey.
01:21:02How much money you got, honey?
01:21:04What the fuck?
01:21:11What the fuck?
01:21:14How much money you got, honey?
01:21:15How much money you got, honey?
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01:21:36Available units in the 2-6 precinct at 1034, 125 Street and the West Side Highway.
01:24:36You spoke to him before the ambulance got here?
01:24:39No, sir.
01:24:41What did you get?
01:24:42His address, sir.
01:24:44Is that all?
01:24:45You went to this on your report?
01:24:59Not yet, sir.
01:25:01Why not?
01:25:04I was waiting for instructions, sir.
01:25:09You never saw it?
01:25:12Yes, sir.
01:25:13Oh, uh, what's your full name?
01:25:19Jackson Riley, sir.
01:25:2121st Precinct.
01:25:23Okay.
01:25:24I'll remember it.
01:25:25Inspector, is it true that you have a vigilante in there?
01:25:41No.
01:25:41Well, who have you got there?
01:25:47You in charge?
01:25:49How is he?
01:25:49Wounds are clean, nothing vital.
01:25:51We have a transfusion going on now.
01:25:53As soon as we get some blood in him, we'll saw him up here.
01:25:55Is he in there?
01:25:56Yeah.
01:25:56All right, if I go in?
01:25:57Well, he won't be able to talk to you much.
01:25:59Can he hear me?
01:26:00He is conscious.
01:26:12Police.
01:26:13I'd like to have him alone.
01:26:27Good evening, Mr. Kersey.
01:26:37This is your gun, Mr. Kersey.
01:26:41We tried to give you a chance to get rid of it.
01:26:44You wouldn't take it.
01:26:46Do you hear me okay?
01:26:50We, uh, have here a peculiar situation, Mr. Kersey.
01:26:53We find it necessary to make you a proposition, since you are not going to favor us by dying.
01:27:00You, uh, work for a company with lots of offices.
01:27:05Get a transfer to another city, and I'll drop this gun in the river.
01:27:14Are we connecting, Mr. Kersey?
01:27:20We want you to get out of New York.
01:27:23Permanently.
01:27:30Inspector.
01:27:35By sundown.
01:27:41Look.
01:27:42There he is.
01:27:53Hey, guys.
01:27:54Do you have the vigilante, Inspector?
01:27:55No.
01:27:55Can you secure some information, Inspector?
01:27:57No.
01:27:58Isn't the wounded man the vigilante, Inspector?
01:28:00No, he's just a mugging victim.
01:28:01Well, how do you explain the first reports we have that he is the vigilante?
01:28:04Lots of reports.
01:28:05It happens all the time.
01:28:07Then the vigilante's still out there.
01:28:09That's right.
01:28:09He's still out there down the streets.
01:28:11Well, what did he do?
01:28:12Was he shot by the vigilante?
01:28:12Oh, I'm done.
01:28:14I'm done.
01:28:14I'm done.
01:28:14The Amtrak train from New York to Chicago has arrived on track eight.
01:28:30Mr. Kersey.
01:28:31Paul Kersey.
01:28:31Fred Brown.
01:28:32Welcome to Chicago, sir.
01:28:33Did you have a nice trip?
01:28:34Yeah, it was okay.
01:28:36Good, good.
01:28:36I found a nice apartment for you.
01:28:38Hope you're going to like it.
01:28:38It's on the Lakeshore Drive.
01:28:39You have a view of Lake Michigan, the morning sun.
01:28:41We've got your office ready, too.
01:28:43There's a very good golf club that you play.
01:28:46Listen, I think you'll enjoy it here.
01:28:48Excuse me.
01:28:48Excuse me.
01:29:05You have a view of Lake Michigan.