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Robert Dillon (written by)
Release Date:
15 September 1972 (West Germany)
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A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only grinds his enemies into sausage...
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Kansas City
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Corruption
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lee Marvin | ... | Nick Devlin | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Mary Ann | |
| Angel Tompkins | ... | Clarabelle | |
| Gregory Walcott | ... | Weenie | |
| Sissy Spacek | ... | Poppy | |
| Janit Baldwin | ... | Violet | |
| William Morey | ... | Shay | |
| Clint Ellison | ... | Delaney | |
| Howard Platt | ... | Shaughnessy | |
| Les Lannom | ... | O'Brien | |
| Eddie Egan | ... | Jake | |
| Therese Reinsch | ... | Jake's Girl | |
| Bob Wilson | ... | Reaper Driver | |
| Gordon Signer | ... | Brockman | |
| Gladys Watson | ... | Milk Lady |
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88 min
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Janit Baldwin's feature film debut.
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References Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
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It helps if you are a big Lee Marvin fan to enjoy this movie - but even if you're not especially, there's still enough in here to raise it above run-of-the-mill.
The cinematography is first-rate; lots of use of natural light and dingy locations of the city contrasted with the golden Kansas sunshine. Both Marvin and Gene Hackman are terrific and each exude good screen presence as gangsters at odds with each other, culminating in the shoot-out in the sunflower field and cattle house.
The film is slightly let down by the sentimental and unnecessary last scene at the orphanage, which feels grafted on, although the very final shot of the children running into the countryside hints at some kind of hope for the future (post Vietnam), not least between Nick Devlin (Marvin) and his new girl Sissy Spacek.
Worth watching