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Released
1980 · FILM

Defiance

There comes a time when we have to stand up and be counted. This is the story of one man who did.

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Runtime
103 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the gang and his neighbors, it does not work. Soon he is battling the Souls and not only changing their attitudes, but the attitudes of his previously intimidated neighbors as well.

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Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by David FinferShot by Ric WaiteScored by Dominic FrontiereDesigned by Bill Malley

Also known as

  • Die Schläger von Brooklynde
  • Terror in Brooklynde
  • Desafíoes
  • Les Massacreurs de Brooklynfr

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