DEATH WISH (1974)

Once a mild-mannered New York City architect, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson), snaps when intruders break into his home, murdering his wife (Hope Lange) and violently raping his daughter. A business trip to Tucson, Ariz., lands him a gift from a client, a revolver he uses to patrol the streets when he returns home. Frustrated that the police cannot find the intruders, he hunts blindly for the killers, becoming a vigilante and gunning down any criminal that crosses his path. While crime numbers begin to decrease and the police call for the the vigilante to turn himself in, the public call him heroic. Director: Michael Winner. Cast: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Kathleen Tolan and Christopher Guest.