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Vigilante Force is a film of genre Drama directed by George Armitage released in USA on 9 september 1976 with Kris Kristofferson
Vigilante Force (1976)
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Add to a movie listVigilante Force is a 1976 American action film concerning a Vietnam War veteran (Kris Kristofferson) and his buddies, who are hired by his brother (Jan-Michael Vincent) and others in a small California town for protection from rowdy oil-field workers.
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A small California town is overrun with unruly and rowdy behavior from oil-field workers. Aaron Arnold, a Vietnam War veteran, and the brother of one of the locals (Ben Arnold), is hired to assist the police in restoring the peace. Aaron hires mercenaries trained in combat to help. After controlling the oil field workers, the veterans take over the town for their own not-always-legal purposes. Confrontation between the town police and locals and the mercenaries ends in violence.Actors
Kris Kristofferson
(Aaron Arnold)
Jan-Michael Vincent
(Ben Arnold)
Victoria Principal
(Linda Christopher)
Bernadette Peters
(Little Dee)
Brad Dexter
(Mayor Bradford)
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