The Equalizer (1985)
Robert McCall is "The Equalizer", a private detective with a lot of contacts who is available for hire if you have a problem that you don't know how to solve...
Cast: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka
Hand and Glove
When the father of a woman with psychological issues is murdered, McCall steps in to help.
First Light
While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
Coal Black Soul
A serial killer of middle-aged women wants McCall to kill him. Meanwhile, McCall begins a romance with a psychiatrist whom he saves from a peeper.
A Place to Stay
When a young girl from the suburbs runs away from an abusive home environment to live on the streets of New York, the girl's mother hires McCall to find her. He is thrust into the seedy underworld of child pornography in order to save her.
Memories of Manon: Part 2
Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.
Memories of Manon: Part 1
Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.
Carnal Persuasion
A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.
Beyond Control
The death of a KGB mole forces Control to operate without the resources or knowledge of the Company; he asks for McCall's help to locate the stolen files of a secret committee while avoiding one of the KGB's top operatives.
High Performance
A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
The Cup
Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
Tip on a Sure Thing
A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
The Line
The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
Counterfire
McCall is arrested for the murder of a blind man who had earlier thrown himself on McCall's car pretending to have been run down.
Nightscape
A woman is brutally gang-raped in the subway and her husband tries to track down those responsible. She contacts McCall to help save her husband.
Shades of Darkness
A National Guard lieutenant witnesses a murder but the perpetrator escapes and the victim dies in his arms. He is arrested and accused of the crime. His priest, who was with McCall in the army, contacts the Equalizer for help.
Joyride
Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
A Community of Civilized Men
McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
Nocturne
A music critic overhears a voice in an elevator and identifies him as the man who had abducted her, raped and beaten her so badly that she lost her sight.
Prelude
Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.