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Murphy's Law

Year:
Duration:
100 min
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
IMDB rate:
5.9
Director:
J. Lee Thompson
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1986-04-18
Filming Locations: Kelly Gulch - 1801 North Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga Canyon, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $3,388,907 (USA) (20 April 1986)
Gross: $9,947,631 (USA) Admissions 156,179 (West Germany)
Cast
Actor
Character
Charles Bronson
Jack Murphy
Kathleen Wilhoite
Arabella McGee
Carrie Snodgress
Joan Freeman
Robert F. Lyons
Art Penney
Richard Romanus
Frank Vincenzo
Bill Henderson
Ben Wilcove
James Luisi
Ed Reineke
Clifford A. Pellow
Lieutenant Nachman
Janet MacLachlan
Dr. Lovell
Lawrence Tierney
Cameron
Jerome Thor
Judge Kellerman
Cal Haynes
Reese
Hans Howes
Santana
Joseph Roman
Carl (as Joseph Spallina Roman)
Chris DeRose
Tony Vincenzo (as Chris De Rose)
Frank Annese
Kelly
Paul McCallum
Hog
Dennis Hayden
Sonny
Tony Montero
Max
David Hayman
Jack
Lisa Vice
Blonde
Janet Rotblatt
Mrs. Vincenzo
Greg Finley
Booking Sergeant
Jerry Lazarus
Lawyer
Robert Axelrod
Hotel Clerk
John Hawker
Hotel Guest
Bert Williams
Police Captain
Daniel D. Halleck
Lead Cop (as Daniel Halleck)
Randall Carver
Mechanic
Gerald Berns
Young Cop
Don Brodie
Old Man (as Don L. Brodie)
Graham Timbes
Detective
David K. Johnston
Guard #1
Paul McCauley
Bailiff
Brooks Wachtel
Maitre D'
Richard Hochberg
Man with Glasses
John F. McCarthy
Patrol Cop
Leigh Lombardi
Stewardess
Charlie Brewer
Security Guard
Charles A. Nero
Liquor Clerk
Wheeler Henderson
Woman in Bathroom
Frank Bove
Guard #2
Christopher Stanley
Ambulance Attendant (as Chris Stanley)
Linda Harwood
Waitress
Nancie Clark
Restaurant Patron
C. Courtney Joyner
Bar Patron
Michael Cooper
LAX Policeman (uncredited)
Shawn McBurney
Waiter (uncredited)
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Trivia
This movie teams a cop Jack Murphy (Charles Bronson with a thief Arabella McGee (Kathleen Wilhoite). This storyline of pairing a cop with a convict was popular in Hollywood during the 1980s after the success of 48 Hrs. (1982). This high-concept was encapsulated in one of this film's movie poster tag-lines reading: "He's a cop, She's a thief, together they're running for their lives". During the 1980s, Midnight Run (1988) also utilized this high-concept but replaced the cop with a bounty hunter. The convict-cop pairing was also earlier made famous in The Defiant Ones (1958).
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This movie represented the sixth of nine teamings of director 'J Lee Thompson' with star actor Charles Bronson. Prior to this movie they had made together St. Ives (1976), The White Buffalo (1977), Cabo Blanco (1980), 10 to Midnight (1983) and The Evil That Men Do (1984). After this picture, they made Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), Messenger of Death (1988) and Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989).
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This movie is fairly unique in the Charles Bronson canon in that the main villain is a woman.
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Goofs
When Jack and Arabella escape from the hotel, she steps onto the fire ladder first. However it is Jack that steps off the ladder prior to her.
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Quotes
Arabella McGee: What took you so long, butt crust?
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Jack Murphy: The only law I know is "Jack Murphy's law." It's very simple. Don't *fuck* with Jack Murphy. You remember that.
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Joan Freeman: Go to Hell!
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Photos from cast
Mischa Hausserman Angel Tompkins
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