Death Journey (1976)
Fred Williamson is Jesse Crowder ... One mean cat!
Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York. Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is a no-nonsense tough guy. He buddies up with the witness, an accountant, and they hit the road. Outwitting their foes means taking all manner of conveyance, including automobile, train, and airplane.
- Date of release
- 1976-05-01
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Crime
- Director
- Fred Williamson
Casting
- Fred Williamson — Jesse Crowder
- Bernie Kuby — Finley
- Art Maier — District Att'y Virgil Riley
- Lou Bedford — Assistant D.A. Jonas
- Heidi Dobbs — Agent
- Stephanie Faulkner — Agent
- Ed Kovins — Stern, the mouthpiece
- Patrick McCullough — Jack Rosewald, gang leader
- Emil Farkas — Karate Instructor
- Sam Coppola — Detective Johnson
- Geoffrey Land — Judge
- James B. Campbell — Judge
Interesting facts
Death Journey is a 1976 action crime film written by Abel Joney and directed by Fred Williamson, who also stars as Jesse Crowder, an ex-cop located in Los Angeles hired by a D.A in New York to transport a witness testifying against a gangster.
Production & Release
The film was shot in 6 days in August 1975 on a budget of almost $600,000, filmed in Palm Springs, Apple Valley, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles.
The film was released theatrically in the United States on May 26, 1976. The film was eventually released by Code Red on DVD in 2010 and on Blu-ray in 2016.
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