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October 1973 (USA)
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Nobody plays rougher than The Outfit...
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When the small criminal Macklin is released from prison, he learns that shortly before his brother was shot by two killers...
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Fall Preview: Repertory Calendar
(From IFC. 5 August 2009, 11:17 AM, PDT)
Director William Lustig Guest-curates 70’S Grindhouse Festival At New York’S Anthology Film Archives, Aug. 7-13
(From CinemaRetro. 3 August 2009, 1:07 PM, PDT)
(From IFC. 5 August 2009, 11:17 AM, PDT)
Director William Lustig Guest-curates 70’S Grindhouse Festival At New York’S Anthology Film Archives, Aug. 7-13
(From CinemaRetro. 3 August 2009, 1:07 PM, PDT)
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Tough thriller
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Duvall | ... | Macklin |
 | Karen Black | ... | Bett Harrow |
| Joe Don Baker | ... | Cody |
 | Robert Ryan | ... | Mailer |
 | Timothy Carey | ... | Menner |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Chemey |
| Sheree North | ... | Buck's Wife |
| Felice Orlandi | ... | Frank Orlandi |
| Marie Windsor | ... | Madge Coyle |
| Jane Greer | ... | Alma |
| Henry Jones | ... | Doctor |
 | Joanna Cassidy | ... | Rita |
 | Tom Reese | ... | First Man |
| Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | Carl (as Elisha Cook) |
| Bill McKinney | ... | Buck |
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Germany:105 min | USA:103 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Australia:PG |
Iceland:16 |
UK:AA (original rating) |
France:U |
Finland:K-18 |
Norway:16 (video rating) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG |
West Germany:18 |
Norway:(Banned) (1973-2003) (cinema release)
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Brian Garfield, in an intro to a reprint of the novel this film is based on, notes that it was originally written by director John Flynn as a period piece, intending to be set in the postwar 1940s. That's why such "film noir" veterans such as Elisha Cook Jr., Richard Jaeckel, Marie Windsor and Jane Greer appear in it. The studio, however, decided it would be too expensive to shoot a period picture, so the script was superficially updated, the World War II vets became Vietnam vets, and actors like Robert Ryan, Karen Black and Sheree North joined the cast. The result was that the story was restored to its original conception (the series this book was based on was written and set in the then contemporary 1960s and 1970s). Had the period piece idea gone through, this would have represented a rare case of backdating a character.
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Referenced in The Hunter: A Conversation with Author Donald E. Westlake (2007) (V)
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Your Guess Is Just As Good As Mine
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Earl Macklin is released from prison to find that his brother has been killed and he is a target of a hitman. Having dealt with the killer he discovers that a bank job he did had been owned by the mob. Macklin joins with partner Cody to continually hit the organisation until they pay him $250,000 to make amends. However can two men take on the whole mob?
I approached this as someone who has seen plenty of tough 70's mob movies – both good and bad. However my wariness soon vanished as this turned out to be genuinely hard boiled stuff. From a great script the plot follows the two men as they repeatedly hit the mob. The dialogue is hard but also informative – not just tough for the sake of being tough. The action is also quite shocking – women being beaten etc, even for this type of movie it was quite pretty harsh.
Duvall is excellent – many actors may have played it a bit softer to try and keep the audience but he goes all the way as a cruel violent man. Baker is more affable but is less effective for just that reason. Black has a small role but makes the most of it. The mob support cast is good but really Duvall takes this and makes it his own.
Overall if you like the 70's hard boiled thriller genre then this is for you. Even if you don't then there is still much to appreciate here – not the best film in the world (plot is a little linear) but still a good tough thriller.