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1986 film by Fred Olen Ray

Armed Response
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fred Olen Ray
Screenplay by	T.L. Lankford
Story by	Fred Olen Ray T.L. Lankford Paul Hertzberg
Produced by	Paul Hertzberg
Starring	David Carradine Lee Van Cleef Mako
Cinematography	Paul Elliott
Edited by	Miriam L. Preissel
Music by	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Distributed by	CineTel Films
Release date	October 3, 1986 (1986-10-03)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Armed Response is a 1986 American action thriller film co-written and directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Brent Huff, Michael Berryman and Mako. It was the first action film made by CineTel Films and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Synopsis

In an unnamed American city, one of the men working for a dangerous Yakuza boss known as Akira Tanaka steals a statuette that Tanaka had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakuza and a rival Chinese tong. After Tanaka recovers the statuette and kills the bandit with the help of his underling F.C., two private investigators are hired for the exchange of bailout money to restore the statuette to its rightful place. However, their business plan to recover it statue gets worse and both investiagors are killed. Clay Roth is one of them, and the news of his murder infuriates his brothers Jim and Tommy Roth and their father, Burt Roth. What the Yakuza gang does not know is that all three of them happen to be war veterans, so they arm themselves and go off to find the person responsible for their family member's death, and to get their revenge as well.

Cast

David Carradine as Jim Roth
Lee Van Cleef as Burt Roth
Mako as Akira Tanaka
Lois Hamilton as Sara Roth
David Goss as Clay Roth
Brent Huff as Tommy Roth
Ross Hagen as Cory Thorton
Michael Berryman as F.C., Tanaka's Right Hand Man / Sidekick
Dick Miller as Steve, 1st Bandit
Burr DeBenning as Lieutenant Sanderson
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Toshi, Member of Tanaka's Gang

References

Cohn, Lawrence L. "Review: Armed Response". Variety (324). October 8, 1986. p. 21.

External links

Armed Response at IMDb

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1980s	Alien Dead (1980) Scalps (1983) Biohazard (1985) The Tomb (1986) Armed Response (1986) Prison Ship (1986) Deep Space (1987) Cyclone (1987) Beverly Hills Vamp (1988) Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) The Phantom Empire (1988) Warlords (1988)
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