The wife and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house.
The police believe the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody.
Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about the economic motives for the murder......
Coming from Cannon pictures, and being released between two of Bronsons greatest films of the eighties, I was expecting some silly action film that would make me laugh for all,the wrong reasons, but blimey, this is something else.
It's basically Bronson playing a nosey reporter who gets involved in other people's business and spends the majority of the film in a long warm coat.
To say its his most annoying performance is an understatement, there are time when you really start to root for the bad guys, because Bronson just turns up every now and again with that smug look on his face, and you know he's going to go a snooping again.
Now, I'm quite aware that's a journalists job, but he really takes it up to 11 at times.
But there are a couple of pluses. It has the best faked heart attack I've ever seen, and then Bronson proving a point by shooting a coffin.
And the ending, the ending is fantastic. It literally finishes with Bronson turning around with a look that's either saying 'is that all done then?', or 'that was a bit harsh'.
Believe me, it finishes like a Columbo two parter, but the first part cliffhanger.
And it's worth the insufferable ninety previous minutes.
The police believe the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody.
Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about the economic motives for the murder......
Coming from Cannon pictures, and being released between two of Bronsons greatest films of the eighties, I was expecting some silly action film that would make me laugh for all,the wrong reasons, but blimey, this is something else.
It's basically Bronson playing a nosey reporter who gets involved in other people's business and spends the majority of the film in a long warm coat.
To say its his most annoying performance is an understatement, there are time when you really start to root for the bad guys, because Bronson just turns up every now and again with that smug look on his face, and you know he's going to go a snooping again.
Now, I'm quite aware that's a journalists job, but he really takes it up to 11 at times.
But there are a couple of pluses. It has the best faked heart attack I've ever seen, and then Bronson proving a point by shooting a coffin.
And the ending, the ending is fantastic. It literally finishes with Bronson turning around with a look that's either saying 'is that all done then?', or 'that was a bit harsh'.
Believe me, it finishes like a Columbo two parter, but the first part cliffhanger.
And it's worth the insufferable ninety previous minutes.