Love and Bullets (1979): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1979, Love and Bullets is an action, drama and crime film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, running about 103 minutes. “He was chosen by his Government to expose organised crime . . . Now he must run from them both!” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goons are threatening Jackie's life, the FBI moves in to protect her, hoping that she'll have incriminating evidence. Veteran agent Charlie Congers is assigned to watch over Jackie, and while it soon becomes apparent that she knows almost nothing about Bomposa that would be of any use to the FBI, he falls in love with her. Bomposa decides it would be more convenient to have Jackie out of the way, ordering her to be executed. Bomposa's henchmen slip through FBI security and murder her, but now they have to answer the angry and vengeful Congers.

Who’s in it. Love and Bullets stars Charles Bronson as Charlie Congers, Jill Ireland as Jackie Pruit, Rod Steiger as Joe Bomposa and Henry Silva as Vittorio Farroni, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Love and Bullets has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Shout! Factory Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Love and Bullets page.

If you liked it. Fans of Love and Bullets tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.