Mr. Majestyk

Name: Mr. Majestyk
Director: Richard Fleischer
Released: 1974

The Run Down.

Vietnam veteran Vince Majestyk just wants to grow his watermelons and live in peace on his farm. But the local mob boss has different ideas. When his workers are threatened Mr. Majestyk decides to lend them a hand but then the wrath of the mob is turned onto Mr. Majestyk himself. The poor mobsters don't stand a chance. (IMDB)

Release Year: 1974

Source: Novel and Screenplay ( Mr. Majestyk)

Director: Richard Fleischer

Written by: Elmore Leonard

Production: United Artists

Starring: Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri

Runtime: 103 Minutes

Mr. Majestyk is a competently standard showcase for Charles Bronson's superhero cool. This time, as a Colorado melon farmer, he jostles an obsessive killer with syndicate backing. Guess who wins.

— The New York Times

The Book: Mr. Majestyk

Vincent Majestyk saw too much death in the jungles of Southeast Asia. All he wants to do now is farm his melons and forget. But peace can be an elusive commodity, even in the Arizona hinterlands—and especially when the local mob is calling all the shots. And one quiet, proud man's refusal to be strong-armed by a powerful hood is about to start a violent chain reaction that will leave Mr. Majestyk ruined, in shackles, and without a friend in the world—except for one tough and beautiful woman. But his tormentors never realized something about their mark: this is not his first war. Vince Majestyk knows more than they'll ever know about survival . . . and everything about revenge.

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