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词条 Deadly Hero
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Production info

  4. Reception

     Critical reaction  Popular reaction  Home video 

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = Deadly Hero
| image = Deadly Hero movie poster.png
| caption = Original 1975 movie poster
| director = Ivan Nagy
| producer = Thomas J. McGrath
| writer = George Wislocki
Don Petersen[1]
| starring = Don Murray
Diahn Williams
James Earl Jones
Lilia Skala
Conchata Ferrell
| music = Brad Fiedel
Tommy Mandel
| cinematography = Andrzej Bartkowiak
| editing = Susan Steinberg
| distributor = AVCO Embassy Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1975}} (Denton, Texas; Gallup, New Mexico).
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}

Deadly Hero is a 1975 thriller movie starring Don Murray, Diahn Williams, James Earl Jones, Lilia Skala, Treat Williams, and directed by Ivan Nagy from a screenplay by George Wislocki and Don Petersen. Released in limited locales in 1975 with an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, the film was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures and is Treat Williams' film debut. Deadly Hero opened to mixed, mostly negative reviews by critics and was seen as a commercial failure.

Plot

Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York City Police Department who finds himself demoted from detective back to patrol duty for his violent tendencies and trigger-happy behavior.[2][3] Responding to a call on Manhattan's West Side, he finds a young musician named Sally has been abducted by a mugger named Rabbit.[4][5] Rabbit has Sally at knifepoint in a hostage standoff but is persuaded to release her and surrender by Officer Lacy, who kills the unarmed Rabbit anyway. A grateful Sally is convinced by Lacy to lie to detectives to make Lacy seem like a hero. She later changes her mind and tells the truth about the shooting. This drives Lacy to try to silence Sally with escalating threats and violence before his career is ruined and he's tried for Rabbit's murder.[6]

Cast

  • Don Murray ... Lacy
  • Diahn Williams ... Sally
  • James Earl Jones ... Rabbit
  • Lilia Skala ... Mrs. Broderick
  • Conchata Ferrell ... Slugger Ann
  • George S. Irving ... Reilly
  • Ron Weyand ... Captain Stark
  • Treat Williams ... Billings
  • Hank Garrett ... Buckley
  • Dick Anthony Williams ... D. A. Winston

The cast also includes performances by Josh Mostel as "Victor", Rutanya Alda as "Apple Mary", Charles Siebert as "Baker", plus Beverly Johnson, Chu Chu Malave, Danny DeVito, and an uncredited Deborah Harry as a singer.[7] Deadly Hero is Treat Williams' first motion picture appearance.[7][9]

Production info

Deadly Hero was directed by Ivan Nagy from a screenplay by George Wislocki and Don Petersen.[1][2] The film was produced by Thomas J. McGrath and distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. The film's cinematographer was Andrzej Bartkowiak, with editing by Susan Steinberg, music by Brad Fiedel and Tommy Mandel, and art direction by Alan Herman. Deadly Hero was filmed entirely on location in New York City.[4] The 104-minute film was released as R-rated (Restricted) from the Motion Picture Association of America.[5]

Reception

Critical reaction

Gene Siskel wrote in the Chicago Tribune that the film is "a small triumph" but qualifying that praise by noting, "Of course, expecting nothing helps."[14] A reviewer for the Cineman Syndicate felt that "moments of suspense" helped elevate the "thin script and moody photography".[3] A.H. Weiler of The New York Times described Deadly Hero as a "fairly derivative Manhattan melodrama" with the supporting cast "wasted in brief, broad portrayals".[2] Los Angeles Times reviewer Linda Gross called the film "gritty" and "intriguing" but ultimately found it "predictable and pessimistic".[17] Modern critics have been kinder with VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever describing it as both "gripping" and "chilling" while rating the film three (out of a possible four) bones.[9]

Popular reaction

A commercial failure, George Anderson wrote in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the violent film "suffered sudden death at the box office."[19]

Home video

Deadly Hero was released on VHS in the 1980s by Magnetic Video and in 1986 by Embassy Home Entertainment. The movie was released to the DVD format on August 7, 2007, by Trinity Home Entertainment but {{as of|2010|12|lc=yes}} is out of print. On December 22, 2015, it appeared on Blue Ray by Code Red Entertainment through Screen Archives Entertainment Exclusive.

References

1. ^{{cite news |agency=Cineman Syndicate |work=Bangor Daily News |title=Mini Movie Reviews: Deadly Hero |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zqkzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yjgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5047,2411008&dq=deadly-hero&hl=en |date=November 5, 1976 |page=ME2 |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
2. ^{{cite news |first=Gene |last=Siskel |authorlink=Gene Siskel |work=Chicago Tribune |title=Six films with no Oscar hopes--or much of anything else |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/617473802.html?dids=617473802:617473802&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI |date=May 5, 1976 |page=C4 |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
3. ^{{cite news |first=Linda |last=Gross |work=Los Angeles Times |title=A Cop Cracks Up in 'Deadly Hero' |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/650239382.html?dids=650239382:650239382&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI |date=December 8, 1977 |page=H46 |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
4. ^{{cite news |work=Lakeland Ledger |title=Television: Saturday Evening |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q11OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_PoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3750,5508492&dq=deadly-hero&hl=en |date=November 19, 1977 |page=5B |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
5. ^{{cite book |first=Leonard |last=Maltin |authorlink=Leonard Maltin |title=Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1993 |publisher=Signet Books |location=New York, NY |date=September 1992 |isbn=0-451-17381-3 |page=285}}
6. ^{{cite news |first=A.H. |last=Weiler |work=The New York Times |title=Screen: 'Deadly Hero,' a Manhattan Melodrama |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9E01E0D6133FE23BA15755C1A9669D946790D6CF |date=October 16, 1976 |page=13 |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
7. ^{{cite news |first=Mel |last=Guslow |work=The New York Times |title=Don Petersen, 70, Playwright and Screenwriter |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4091EFD3A5A0C708CDDAC0894D0494D81 |date=May 3, 1988 |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
8. ^{{cite news |first=George |last=Anderson |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Some Coming Attractions That Never Came |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uUwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Um0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6701,914503&dq=deadly-hero&hl=en |date=January 11, 1977 |page=6 |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
9. ^{{cite web |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |work=TCM Movie Database |title=Deadly Hero (1976) |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=72573 |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
10. ^{{cite news |author=Variety Staff |work=Daily Variety |title=Film Reviews: Deadly Hero |url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117790292?refcatid=31 |date=May 1976 |accessdate=December 3, 2010}}
11. ^{{cite book |title=VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996 |chapter=Bad Charleston Charlie |publisher=Visible Ink Press |location=Detroit, MI |isbn=0-7876-0626-X |year=1996 |page=327}}
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External links

  • {{imdb title|0074381}}
  • {{tcmdb title|72573}}
  • {{amg title|177747}}
  • {{rotten_tomatoes|deadly_hero}}
{{Ivan Nagy}}

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