La loi de Murphy

Original title: Murphy's Law

1986
12
1h 40m

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5.9/10

6.9K

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Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in La loi de Murphy (1986)

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Framed for his ex-wife's murder by a parolee he once put behind bars, Los Angeles cop Jack Murphy escapes from custody to capture the killer, but he is now handcuffed to a foul-mouthed thief... Read allFramed for his ex-wife's murder by a parolee he once put behind bars, Los Angeles cop Jack Murphy escapes from custody to capture the killer, but he is now handcuffed to a foul-mouthed thief he had only just arrested.Framed for his ex-wife's murder by a parolee he once put behind bars, Los Angeles cop Jack Murphy escapes from custody to capture the killer, but he is now handcuffed to a foul-mouthed thief he had only just arrested.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

6.9K

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Trivia
When there would be delays between takes, Charles Bronson would often get frustrated and could be heard saying "Let's shoot! Let's shoot!" causing the crew to scramble. One reason for this is that family man Charles Bronson liked to go home after shooting each day and have dinner with his family.

Goofs
Murphy and Arabella leave Murphy's friend's cabin (right before he's murdered by Joan Freeman) and that very evening, Arabella sees a newspaper with the heading "Escaped Cop Kills Again". The newspaper even writes that Arabella is his accomplice. However, there's no reason for the police to assume that the murderer was Murphy. Joan Freeman shoots the victim with his own rifle, not Murphy's gun. Moreover, it's highly implausible that the police could even know about a murder in a very remote cabin in the woods, make inquiries and somehow mark Murphy as a suspect, and get the story into the evening papers, all in the space of a few hours.

Quotes
Frank Vincenzo: [threateningly] Oh, Murphy, let me ask you: you ever hear of Murphy's law? "If anything can possibly go wrong, it will." A lot of things could happen to someone like you: you can get run over by a truck; the gas heater in your apartment could blow up; or you could lose a wheel going down the freeway at 80 miles an hour. Got to remember that.
[Murphy, unimpressed by the mobster's threats, bends forward, smiling]
Jack Murphy: The only law I know is "Jack Murphy's law." It's very simple: don't *fuck* with Jack Murphy. You remember that.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Bob Uecker/Kathleen Wilhoite/Zippy the Chimp (1986)

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Murphy's Law
Written and Performed by Paul McCallum, Kathleen Wilhoite and John Bisharat

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Featured review

7/10

Don't 'mess' with Jack Murphy!

I found this Charles Bronson/J. Lee Thompson film combo to be not so bad after all. Bronson plays tough as nails detective/cop Jack Murphy who lost his wife and now has a big drinking problem. Along the way through his travels he runs into a very mouthy young lady who eventually becomes friendly with him. The action is all there along with some rare Bronson dark-humor as well. It seems as though somebody is getting revenge on Bronson and his cronies for an unfortunate incident that had happened years prior. Very well done movie, I thought at times it was a little cheesy (I keep forgetting that this flick was from 1986). Not bad at all. Definitely a rating or two (or three) higher than Director Thompson and Bronsons next film combo 'Death Wish 4 : The Crackdown'. It is worth a viewing. 7 out of 10 stars will definitely do.