- Vigilante Force
Infobox Film | name = Vigilante Force
caption = "Vigilante Force" poster
director =George Armitage
producer =Gene Corman
writer =George Armitage
starring =Kris Kristofferson Jan-Michael Vincent
music =Gerald Fried
cinematography = William Cronjager
editing = Morton Tubor
distributor =United Artists
released =September 9 1976 (USA)
runtime = 89 minutes
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0075393"Vigilante Force" is a 1976 action movie concerning a
Vietnam War veteran (Kris Kristofferson) and his buddies, who are hired by his brother (Jan-Michael Vincent) and others in a small California town for protection from rowdy oil-field workers.Tagline
*"They called it God's country...until all hell broke loose."
*"They hired themselves a hero...and bought themselves a world of trouble."Plot
A small California town is overrun with unruly and rowdy behavior from oil-field workers. Aaron Arnold, a
Vietnam War veteran, and the brother of one of the locals (Ben Arnold), is hired to assist the police in restoring the peace. Aaron hiresmercenaries trained in combat to help. After controlling the oil field workers, the veterans take over the town for their own not-always-legal purposes. Confrontation between the town police and locals and the mercenaries ends in violence.Cast
* Aaron Arnold --
Kris Kristofferson
* Ben Arnold --Jan-Michael Vincent
* Linda Christopher --Victoria Principal
* Little Dee --Bernadette Peters
* Mayor Bradford --Brad Dexter Response
The "Timeout" review noted that the film was an "awkward combination of cheapo war and cowboy comics...", but that "Kristofferson ... shuffles through quite convincingly..." and "...Bernadette Peters plays an ill-treated, down-at-heel, after-hours singer with real style." [ [http://www.timeout.com/film/newyork/reviews/62989/Vigilante_Force.html timout.com review] ]
According to "Contemporary North American Film Directors", the plot was a not-too-subtle satire on the American way. The studio disliked the film and it was a commercial failure. ["Contemporary North American Film Directors" (2002), Yoram Allon; Del Cullen; Hannah Patterson, p. 22, Wallflower Press, ISBN 1903364523]
References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075393/ Internet Movie Database]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/115591/Vigilante-Force/overview "New York Times" listing]
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