Messenger of Death

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Messenger of Death
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. Lee Thompson
Written by	Paul Jarrico
Based on	novel The Avenging Angel by Rex Burns
Produced by	Pancho Kohner
Starring	Charles Bronson Trish Van Devere Laurence Luckinbill Daniel Benzali Marilyn Hassett John Ireland
Cinematography	Gideon Porath
Edited by	Peter Lee-Thompson
Music by	Robert O. Ragland
Distributed by	Cannon Films
Release date	September 16, 1988 (1988-09-16) (U.S.)
Running time	91 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	[Unknown]
Box office	$3,074,681 (USA)[1]

Messenger of Death is a 1988 American vigilante action thriller film starring Charles Bronson. It is about an attempt by a water company to start a family feud among fundamentalist Mormons to take the family's land for the company.

The movie marks the eighth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's St. Ives, 1977's The White Buffalo, 1980's Caboblanco, 1983's 10 to Midnight, 1984's The Evil That Men Do, 1986's Murphy's Law, and 1987's Death Wish 4: The Crackdown).