Love and Bullets

Love and Bullets

Somebody's bound to catch the kiss of death!

Directed by John Huston, Stuart Rosenberg

Produced by ITC Entertainment

1979103 min5.8 / 10

A crime thriller built on a doomed romance between a federal agent and a mobster's girlfriend, culminating in tragedy and vengeful retribution.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Love and Bullets violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Love and Bullets scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Love and Bullets sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does Love and Bullets end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Love and Bullets easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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