Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGuy Hamilton
Screenplay byChristopher Wood
Based onThe Destroyer
by Warren Murphy
and Richard Sapir
Produced byLarry Spiegel
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Laszlo
Edited byMark Melnick
Music byCraig Safan
Production
company
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release date
  • October 11, 1985 (1985-10-11)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$14.4 million[2]

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, also released as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, is a 1985 American action-adventure film directed by Guy Hamilton. The film featured Fred Ward, Joel Grey, J. A. Preston, Wilford Brimley, and Kate Mulgrew.

The character is based on The Destroyer pulp paperback series, featuring the character Remo Williams. It fared poorly in theaters and received mixed reviews from critics, although it did earn Joel Grey a Golden Globe nomination. The film and a Remo Williams television pilot both credited Dick Clark as executive producer. The film was supposed to be the first of a series based on The Destroyer series of novels.[3] A significant setpiece within the film takes place at the Statue of Liberty, which was surrounded by scaffolding for its centenary restoration during this period.

  1. ^ "REMO UNARMED AND DANGEROUS (15) (!)". British Board of Film Classification. February 13, 1986. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
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