A Force of One is a 1979

1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....

 martial arts film

Martial arts film

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...

 starring Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...

, Jennifer O'Neill

Jennifer O'Neill

-Early life:O'Neill was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of a famous Spanish-Irish dental supply import/export businessman, Oscar D' O'Neill and his English wife. As a teenager, O'Neill worked as a fashion model and appeared in television commercials and on magazine covers before moving...

, Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal was an American actor, director and screenwriter...

, Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager is an American television and film actor. He is particularly noted for his co-starring role as William H. Bonney in the 1960–62 NBC TV series The Tall Man and for his role in the later NBC series The Virginian...

, and Bill Wallace

Bill Wallace (martial arts)

William "Bill" Louis Wallace is an American martial artist who was a Professional Karate Association world full- contact karate champion. He was the Professional Karate Association Middleweight Champion kickboxer for almost six years.- Background :Wallace was born in Portland, Indiana, and...

. The film was directed by Paul Aaron and written by Pat E. Johnson

Pat E. Johnson

Pat E. Johnson is a 9th degree black belt in the art of American Tang Soo Do. He is the president of the National Tang Soo Do Congress, which was originally created by Chuck Norris in 1973...

 and Ernest Tidyman

Ernest Tidyman

Ernest Tidyman was a Cleveland-born American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D.F...

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Plot summary

When a team of undercover narcotics officers is targeted by a serial killer, the police recruit karate champion Matt Logan (Chuck Norris) to bring the murders to an end. Logan soon discovers that a traitor within the police ranks is behind the killings.

Cast

• Chuck Norris
  Chuck Norris
  Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...
  
  ....Matt Logan
• Jennifer O'Neill
  Jennifer O'Neill
  -Early life:O'Neill was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of a famous Spanish-Irish dental supply import/export businessman, Oscar D' O'Neill and his English wife. As a teenager, O'Neill worked as a fashion model and appeared in television commercials and on magazine covers before moving...
  
  ....Mandy Rust
• Clu Gulager
  Clu Gulager
  Clu Gulager is an American television and film actor. He is particularly noted for his co-starring role as William H. Bonney in the 1960–62 NBC TV series The Tall Man and for his role in the later NBC series The Virginian...
  
  ....Dunne
• Ron O'Neal
  Ron O'Neal
  Ron O'Neal was an American actor, director and screenwriter...
  
  ....Rollins
• Bill Wallace
  Bill Wallace (martial arts)
  William "Bill" Louis Wallace is an American martial artist who was a Professional Karate Association world full- contact karate champion. He was the Professional Karate Association Middleweight Champion kickboxer for almost six years.- Background :Wallace was born in Portland, Indiana, and...
  
  ....Sparks
• Eric Laneuville
  Eric Laneuville
  Eric Gerard Laneuville is an American television director, actor and martial artist. His first prominent acting roles were in the science-fiction film The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and the ABC television series Room 222 . His role as Luther Hawkins in the television series St...
  
  ....Charlie Logan
• James Whitmore Jr....Moskowitz
• Clint Ritchie
  Clint Ritchie
  Clinton Charles Augustus Ritchie was an American actor.-Early life:Ritchie was born on a farm in Grafton, North Dakota to J. C. and Charlotte Ritchie, and his family moved to Washington state when he was seven...
  
  ....Melrose
• Pepe Serna
  Pepe Serna
  Pepe Serna is an American film actor and artist.Serna's first break in movies came in 1970 on the Roger Corman directed film Student Nurses. Over the years Serna has appeared in over 100 films, most notably Car Wash and Scarface directed by Brian De Palma, where he played Montana's friend Angel...
  
  ....Orlando
• Ray Vitte....Newton
• Taylor Lacher....Bishop
• Lisa James....Harriett
• Chu Chu Malave....Rudy
• Kevin Geer....Johnson
• Eugene Butler....Murphy