The Stone Killer

1973
R
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

3.9K

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Home Video Trailer from Columbia Pictures

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Action Crime Drama Thriller

A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

3.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Underworld settings in the USA featured in the movie included Skid Row in Los Angeles and Little Italy and Spanish Harlem in New York City.

Goofs
At the start of the motorcycle chase, Langley emerges from the alley and has to go around a parked red Ford Pinto. A moment later, Torrey's Plymouth emerges from the same alley in close pursuit and the Pinto is gone.

Quotes
[last lines]
Guido Lorenz: [Lorenz and Torrey, in car, as they watch Vescari enter a church] Nothing changes, only the names.
Lou Torrey: You gotta be kidding. We're chest deep in water. Screaming against the rushing tide.
Al Vescari: [cut to Vescari in church confessional, after organizing the hit on the other Dons] Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. I haven't been to confession for ten days. I lose my temper...
Lou Torrey: [cut back to Torrey and Lorenz in car] You know, last three weeks, in New York City alone, there were 159 homicides?
Al Vescari: [in confessional] I don't mean to be harsh... but I... struck my son in anger last Tuesday.
Lou Torrey: [in car] Three thousand criminal assaults, six thousand robberies.
Al Vescari: [in confessional] Ruth, my wife, bless her, I swore at her.
Lou Torrey: [in car] You multiply that by Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles.
Al Vescari: [in confessional] For these... and all the other sins which I cannot remember, forgive me.
[exits confessional, pauses to cross himself in front of the altar, and leaves church]
Lou Torrey: [in car, watching Vescari get into his limo] You remember that cartoon of an old Roman Circus, where all the lions are roaring, and the page boy yells down the corridor...
[to camera]
Lou Torrey: you've got five minutes, Christians.
[Vescari's limo pulls away as credits roll]

Crazy credits
Actor Gene Woodbury is credited in opening credits only.

Alternate versions
In the German video cut 13 minutes are missing. 02:33: Lou Torrey visits his wife. Both talk about their daughter and New York in general. She says: I look at you and I see this town. Complete scene is missing.(1:30 min.) 18:04: Lipper's assassination is prepared. Lipper himself fools a cop in hospital who should bring him back to jail (4:25 min.). 33:11: Vescari explains further details of his plan. All men go back to their cars (2:13 min.). 36:20: Torrey looks at Geraldine Waxton's dossier (0:10 min.). 38:58: Both cops run down the stairs. Torrey searches for Geraldine Waxton in a flower power parish in Carmel. The whole scene is missing. Geraldine asks Torrey if he would be interested in her. Torrey answers: Another time, another place, another cop. (4:19 min). 48:19: The car is driving around a corner (0:06 min.). 59:12: Matthews explains his hatred against the desert mission (0:12 min.). 90:26: Torrey sits in the car and quotes a word that was common in the roman arena: You've got five minutes, Christians. (0:07 min.).

Connections
Featured in En Büyük Yumruk (1983)

Soundtracks
The Stone Killer (Main Title)
Written by Roy Budd
Performed by Roy Budd And His Orchestra

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Featured review

6/10

Kind of good, but....

I liked this film, despite being a bit thrown by the jumpy, confused directing of (I presume) Michael Winner. Bronson is good, as are all the actors playing the major characters. But I think I got most pleasure from the mob-style Fedora hats that almost everyone seemed to be obliged to wear perched high on their heads. Surely by 1973, this style of headgear was way out of date? It looked vaguely ridiculous but at least it kept me amused. There was a 'Dirty Harry' vibe about the film and some of Roy Budd's music was quite close in style to that of Lalo Schifrin. Overall, an enjoyable film but maybe not because of the story.