

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987-06-11 · 99 min · ★ 5.7
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
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Production details
- Directors
- J. Lee Thompson
- Production companies
- The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 5,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 6,880,310
Top Cast
Charles BronsonPaul Kersey
Kay LenzKaren Sheldon
John P. RyanNathan White
Perry LopezEd Zacharias
George DickersonDetective Reiner
Soon-Tek OhDet. Phil Nozaki
Dana BarronErica Sheldon
Jesse DabsonRandy Viscovich
Peter SheraykoNick Franco
James PurcellVince Montono
Danny TrejoArt Sanella
Mike MoroffJack Romero
Michele MichaelsMarilyn - Kersey's Secretary
Tom EverettMax Green
Richard AherneThe Real Nathan White
Carl CiarfalioHenchman at Oil Wells (uncredited)
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