Murphy's Law (film)

Murphy's Law
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJ. Lee Thompson
Written byGail Morgan Hickman
Produced byPancho Kohner
Starring
CinematographyAlex Phillips Jr.
Edited byPeter Lee-Thompson
Charles Simmons
Music byMarc Donahue
Valentine McCallum
Distributed byCannon Films
Release date
  • April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million[1]
Box office$9,947,631 (USA)[1]

Murphy's Law is a 1986 American neo-noir[2] action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It was released by Cannon Films to the United States on April 18, 1986. The film stars Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in lead roles with a supporting cast that includes Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons, and Richard Romanus. The film marks the sixth 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, and 1984's The Evil That Men Do).

  1. ^ a b Andrew Yule, Hollywood a Go-Go: The True Story of the Cannon Film Empire, Sphere Books, 1987 p189
  2. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5