Wiley ( Lee Purcell), Renda's girlfriend, arrives and they manage to turn the tables on Majestyk, although he is able to escape. Renda then threatens to kill Majestyk if he doesn't release him, and Majestyk pretends to be persuaded to take the money, but contacts both the police and Renda's mafia contacts to come pick them up. Renda offers his captor $25,000 for his freedom, but Majestyk declines. Majestyk hopes to trade Renda to the police in return for being released to finish harvesting his melons. In the escape attempt, Majestyk drives off in the bus with Renda still in handcuffs, eventually taking him to his hunting cabin in the nearby foothills. Renda's men try to break him out of police custody during a prisoner transport by bus. In jail, Majestyk meets and annoys Frank Renda ( Al Lettieri), a notorious mob hit man being transferred to a higher-security prison. Kopas brings assault charges against Majestyk, resulting in the farmer being placed under arrest before he can finish the harvest. They are romantically attracted to each other. Majestyk runs him off with Kopas' own shotgun and hires experienced Mexican migrant workers, including Nancy Chavez ( Linda Cristal), a crop picker who is also a union leader. He needs to harvest his crop soon in order to keep the farm financially solvent.Ī small-time hood, Bobby Kopas ( Paul Koslo), attempts to coerce Majestyk into a protection racket of using unskilled drunks to harvest his watermelon crop. Army Ranger instructor and Vietnam War veteran, who owns and operates a watermelon farm in rural Colorado. Vince Majestyk ( Charles Bronson) is a farmer, an ex-con, a former U.S.
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