Mr. Majestyk – 1974
He didn’t want to be hero… until the day they pushed him too far.
Director
Richard Fleischer

Writer
Elmore Leonard

Producer
Walter Mirisch

Cast
Charles Bronson – Vince Majestyk
Al Lettieri – Frank Renda
Linda Cristal – Nancy Chavez
Lee Purcell – Wiley
Paul Koslo – Bobby Kopas
Taylor Lacher – Gene Lundy
Frank Maxwell – Det. Lt. McAllen
Alejandro Rey – Larry Mendoza
Jordan Rhodes – Deputy Harold Richie
Bert Santos – Julio Tomas
Luis Ramírez – Labor Contractor
Howard Beasley – Ron Malone (uncredited)
Ken Bell – Press Photographer (uncredited)
Larry Cortinas – Chicano Prisoner (uncredited)
Richard Erdman – Dick Richard (uncredited)
Bus Gindhart – T.V. Cameraman (uncredited)
Tom Hickman – T.V. Cameraman (uncredited)
Alma Lawrentz – Mrs. Mendoza (uncredited)
Bill Morris – Police Officer (uncredited)
Allen Pinson – Kopas Muscle Man (uncredited)
Vern Porter – Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Maxwell Reed – Press Photographer (uncredited)
Edward Reyes – Chicano Prisoner (uncredited)
James Reynolds – Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Bob Templeton – Kopas Muscle Man (uncredited)

Review by Theo Robertson

Mr. Majestyk (1974)

Lettieri + Koslo = Great Double Act,
MR MAJESTYK is without doubt one of Charles Bronson’s greatest films. I know that’s not saying much but if you’ve never seen it then you can’t appreciate just how enjoyable it is. Bronson is outshined on screen by Al Lettieri`s performance as mafia hit man Frank Renda. Witness the scene in the prison dining hall

MAJESTYK: (To Renda – Referring to meal) Hey buddy you finished with that?
RENDA: (Knocks prison tray onto floor) You want it? You eat it
MAJESTYK: I’ll tell you what I’ll have one of those cigarettes of yours
CUT to Renda giving a facial expression that resembles a rabid rottweiller. But it’s when Paul Koslo as Bobby Kopas arrives onto the scene to get revenge on Vince Majestyk that the deadpan humour really takes off

KOPAS: Hi Mister Renda. I thought maybe after you’d finished with Majestyk I could maybe put a couple of slugs into him
RENDA: (Referring to Kopas) Who’s this asshole?

Or the scene where Renda, Kopas and a couple of other bad guys are driving past Majestyk`s farm on a stakeout when they notice a police patrol car parked on the road
RENDA: Cops. How long the cops been here?
KOPAS: (Nonchalantly) Too long I guess
RENDA: (grabs Kopas violently) Listen a$$hole. I ain`t known you two minutes but already you’re talking s*** to me boy (Kopas becomes visibly more and more terrified) What’s the matter with you asshole?
Lettieri and Koslo make a great team and it’s a pity they never appeared in their own show entitled THE MAFIA HITMAN AND THE ASSHOLE