DEFIANCE (1980) [BLU-RAY]

Details

• Release Year: 1980
• Genre: Drama, Romance, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Action veteran John Flynn (Rolling Thunder) directed this tough-as-nails thriller about a merchant seaman (Jan-Michael Vincent, Vigilante Force) taking on a gang of thugs. Merchant mariner Tommy (Vincent) is stuck in New York's tough Lower East Side, waiting for his next ship to sail. He mostly keeps to himself, though he takes a liking to a pretty local woman named Marsha (Theresa Saldana, The Evil That Men Do) and befriends a kid (Fernando Lopez, Frankie and Johnny) and an old veteran (Art Carney, The Late Show). But he also finds the neighborhood plagued by a rough, violent gang called the Souls, led by Angel (Rudy Ramos, Quicksilver). Tommy stands up to the gang, and his behavior encourages others in the neighborhood to fight back against their tormentors. The supporting cast includes Danny Aiello (Fort Apache the Bronx), Frank Pesce (Killer Fish) and Tony Sirico (The Sopranos).
• Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, Theresa Saldana, Danny Aiello, Rudy Ramos, Lenny Montana, Art Carney, Santos Morales, Frank Pesce, Don Blakely, James Victor, Randy Hermann, Lee Fraser, Joseph Campanella, Fernando López, Alberto Vazquez, Church Ortiz, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Tom Reese, Ernie F. Orsatti, Tony Sirico, E. Brian Dean, Margarita García, Philip Levy, Chino 'Fats' Williams, David Cadiente, Pamela Gatell, Wendy Oates, Barbara Smith, Dawn Adams, James Oscar Lee, Victor Mendez, Fred J. Lincoln, Tony DiBenedetto, Satir Gonzalez, John Flynn, Thomas Michael Donnelly, Mark Tulin
• Director: John Flynn
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie