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The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine
"Odds against you? Got a problem? Call the Equalizer."
1987 1h 40m EN
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8.7
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★8.7TMDB · 3
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Synopsis
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Robert McCall is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he despises and mistrusts, on a deadly mission in New York.
“Odds against you? Got a problem? Call the Equalizer.”
Cast
Edward Woodward
Robert McCall
Telly Savalas
Brother Joseph Heiden
Keith Szarabajka
Mickey Kostmayer
Robert Lansing
Control
William Atherton
Martin 'Alpha' Loeber
Moira Sinise
Linda
Tom Atkins
Detective Frank Standish
Christopher Murney
Rudy Bagler
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Alan Metzger
- Writers
- Coleman Luck
- Languages
- English
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The take
Alan Metzger directs. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Edward Woodward and Telly Savalas and Keith Szarabajka carry the top of the cast.
- 4Marketing tagline: "Odds against you? Got a problem? Call the Equalizer.".
- 5IMDB entry: tt0572534 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 100 min · 1h 40m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Alan Metzger
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)1987-09-23
