Mr. Majestyk

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Mr. Majestyk
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Directed by	Richard Fleischer
Produced by	Walter Mirisch
Written by	Elmore Leonard
Starring	Charles Bronson Al Lettieri Linda Cristal Lee Purcell Paul Koslo Alejandro Rey
Music by	Charles Bernstein
Cinematography	Richard H. Kline
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	July 17, 1974
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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Mr. Majestyk is an action film released in 1974. It was directed by Richard Fleischer and starred Charles Bronson. The film is based on a novel written by Elmore Leonard. This film was one of the more popular Bronson tough-guy movies during the 1970s.

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[edit] Plot

Vince Majestyk (played by Bronson) is a former U. S. Army Ranger instructor and Vietnam War veteran returning to his watermelon farm. He needs to harvest his crop in order to keep the farm financially solvent. A small-time hoodlum tries to coerce Majestyk into a protection racket of using drunks for his farm workers. Majestyk runs off the hoodlum and instead hires skilled Mexican migrant workers who need the jobs. The hoodlum brings up assault charges against Majestyk with the police and Majestyk is sent to the local jail. There he meets Renda, a mob hit man being transferred to a higher security prison. Renda's men try to break him out of police custody. In the escape attempt, Majestyk gains the upper hand and drives off with a handcuffed Renda. Majestyk plans on trading Renda back to the police so that he can finish his crop harvest. Renda offers a fortune for his freedom but Majestyk just wants to get back to his melons. Renda escapes and meets up with his henchmen. The violent Renda now wants revenge against Majestyk and tells his men to find the "melon picker" so that he personally can have the satisfaction of killing him. Slowly they realize that Majestyk is not a man to be messed with and in fact they are the ones being hunted.