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The Killer Elite (1975)
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
“They protect us from the enemy, but who protects us from them?”
Crime, Action, Thriller · 2h 02m
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
Cast
James Caan
Robert Duvall
Arthur Hill
Bo Hopkins
Mako
Burt Young
Gig Young
Tom Clancy
Tiana Alexandra
Kate Heflin
Sondra Blake
Crew
- Director
- Sam Peckinpah
- Screenplay
- Marc Norman, Stirling Silliphant
- Novel
- Robert Syd Hopkins
- Director of Photography
- Philip H. Lathrop
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Fielding
- Editor
- Tony de Zarraga, Monte Hellman
- Producer
- Martin Baum, Arthur Lewis
Details
- Release date
- 1975-12-19
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Genres
- Crime, Action, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Mandarin
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists, Persky-Bright Productions, Baum/Dantine Productions, Exeter Associates, Arthur Lewis Productions
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $1,000,000