Charles Bronson, born Charles Dennis Buchinsky on November 3, 1921, was an American actor who was featured in revenge-oriented plot lines as cops, gunfighters, or vigilantes. He worked with movie directors Michael Winner and J. Lee Thompson for a long time, and he and his second wife, Jill Ireland, acted in 15 films together. His last film was The Indian Runner. He was the world’s No. 1 box office draw at the height of his career in the early 1970s, commanding $1 million for each film.
Sean Penn’s directorial debut, The Indian Runner, is a 1991 crime drama film written and directed by him. The film shows the relationship between two brothers who find themselves on different sides of the law, and is based on Bruce Springsteen’s song ‘Highway Patrolman.’ Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette, Jordan Rhodes, Dennis Hopper, Charles Bronson, and Sandy Dennis in her final movie role star alongside David Morse and Viggo Mortensen as the brothers.
Parts of the movie were shot in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and Omaha, Nebraska. Joe appears in the movie dressed as a Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy. Penn’s screenplay was given to two producers by Don Phillips, who loved it but thought the ending was too commercial for a Hollywood studio to be interested in. Phillips’ buddy Thom Mount, who had his own production firm and was a huge fan of Penn’s work, thought that if they could get a movie star like Tom Cruise interested in acting in the picture, they would be able to get a studio interested.
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