St. Ives (1976)

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St. Ives is a 1976 American crime thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Maximilian Schell.

Production

The novel The Procane Chronicle was published in 1972 written by Ross Thomas under the pen name "Oliver Bleeck". The New York Times said "it should find ready acceptance among readers who like sophistication amid the welter." Film rights were bought in 1972 by Warner Bros. Pictures who announced it would be made by director Dick Richards as the first of a two-picture deal (the other being W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings).

The film took a number of years to be made. Eventually Charles Bronson signed to star, with J. Lee Thompson to direct. They went on to make eight more films together: The White Buffalo, Caboblanco, 10 to Midnight, Murphy's Law, The Evil That Men Do, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, Messenger of Death and Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects.

Bronson's wife Jill Ireland often appeared in his films, but not in St Ives. The female lead went to Jacqueline Bisset, who said the film "was less violent than most of Bronson's films, there is more of a romance."

According to Phil Hardy in his book The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: The Gangster Film, Ingmar Bergman visited the set and reported that Charles Bronson was "scandalously underestimated".

The movie is also notable for early film appearances by Michael Lerner, Jeff Goldblum, and Robert Englund. Goldblum played a maniacal street punk, as he did in Death Wish (1974).

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