a company representative, he notices a group of hoodlums harassing a young woman. He excuses himself and helps the young woman. As the hoodlums make obscene gestures, Paul just smiles while making a finger gun at them. Cast Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey Hope Lange as Joanna Kersey Vincent Gardenia as Inspector Frank Ochoa William Redfield as Sam Kreutzer Chris Gampel as Henry Ives Steven Keats as Jack Toby Stuart Margolin as Ames Jainchill Stephen Elliott as Police Commissioner Dryer Fred J. Scollay as District Attorney Peters Kathleen Tolan as Carol Kersey-Toby Jack Wallace as Detective Hank Robert Kya-Hill as Officer Joe Charles Jeff Goldblum as Freak #1 Christopher Logan as Freak #2 Gregory Rozakis as Freak #3 (with spraypaint-can) Christopher Guest as Officer Jackson Reilly Hank Garrett as Andrew McCabe Helen Martin as Alma Lee Brown Olympia Dukakis as Officer Gemetti Marcia Jean Kurtz as Receptionist Edward Grover as Lieutenant Briggs Saul Rubinek as Train Mugger #1 John Herzfeld as Train Mugger #2 Eric Laneuville as Train Station Mugger Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Park Mugger Sonia Manzano as Grocery Clerk Tom Hayden as E.R. Doctor Al Lewis as Security Guard in Lobby Billy Curtis as Newspaper Hawker Paul Dooley as Cop At Hospital (uncredited) Art Evans as Cop At Precinct (uncredited) Robert Miano as Mugger (uncredited) William Bogert as Fred Brown (uncredited) Saul Rubinek played the greaser who slashes Paul Kersey's newspaper, while John Herzfeld played the train mugger who watches the door. Robert Miano had a minor role as a mugger in the film. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, who later co-starred on the television show Welcome Back, Kotter, had an uncredited role as one of the Central Park muggers near the end of the film. It has been rumored that Denzel Washington made his screen debut as an uncredited alley mugger since in a long shot, the actor shown appears to resemble him, but Washington stated that not to be true. Actress Helen Martin, who had a minor role as a mugging victim who fights off her attackers with a hatpin, subsequently appeared in the television sitcoms Good Times and 227. Christopher Guest made one of his earliest film appearances as a young police officer who finds Kersey's gun. Marcia Jean Kurtz, who played the receptionist at Paul's office, has appeared in multiple roles on the TV series Law & Order. Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on Sesame Street, had an