cover there is a picture of Bronson holding a shotgun with a cigarette in his mouth. Although Bronson smoked in real life, his character in the movie did not, indicating that this may be an outtake or publicity still. The picture is missing from the back covers of Kino Lorber's Blu-ray releases in 2014 and 2021. Reception Critical response The movie was popular with Bronson action film enthusiasts. Howard Thompson of The New York Times said, "Except for some dutiful splattering of gore, it ticks along rather steadily, under Richard Fleischer's unruffled direction. There is a take-it-or-leave-it air that snugly suits the star's performance, or vice versa." The scene in which Nancy and Majestyk drive away in a pickup truck with Renda's men in hot pursuit became one of the most famous chase sequences of the period, following the recent trend of those in Bullitt (1968) and The French Connection (1971). On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an 82% rating based on 17 reviews. See also List of American films of 1974 References Sources 'Elmore Leonard Week: Elmore on Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis, and William Friedkin', Contrappasso Magazine (Contrappasso #2, December 2012) External links 1974 films 1974 action films American action films Films based on works by Elmore Leonard Films with screenplays by Elmore Leonard Films directed by Richard Fleischer Films produced by Walter Mirisch Films scored by Charles Bernstein United Artists films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films