MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 2,790 this week

The Killer Elite (1975)

5.9
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 5.9/10 from 2,864 users  
Reviews: 41 user | 33 critic

Mike Locke, who works for a private security firm affiliated with the CIA, is betrayed by his partner and left apparently crippled for life.

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (screenplay), 1 more credit »
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 48 titles created 5 months ago
 
a list of 2643 titles created 05 Jun 2011
 
a list of 68 titles created 04 Dec 2010
 
a list of 136 titles created 10 Oct 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: The Killer Elite (1975)

The Killer Elite (1975) on IMDb 5.9/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of The Killer Elite.

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Black Sunday (1977)
Action | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.

Director: John Frankenheimer
Stars: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller
Earthquake (1974)
Action | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  

Various stories of various people as an earthquake of un-imagineable magnitude hits Los Angeles.

Director: Mark Robson
Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy
Scorpio (1973)
Action | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

Cross is an old hand at the CIA, in charge of assassinating high-ranking foreign personalities who are an obstacle to the policies of the USA. He often teams up with Frenchman Jean Laurier,... See full summary »

Director: Michael Winner
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield
Crimson Tide (1995)
Action | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.

Director: Tony Scott
Stars: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Matt Craven
Action | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.

Director: Tony Scott
Stars: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight
Action | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew ... See full summary »

Director: John Sturges
Stars: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan
Assassination (1987)
Action | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.8/10 X  

Jay Killion (Charles Bronson) had been the presidential bodyguard, but for the inauguration of the recently elected president, he is assigned to the first lady, Lara Royce (Jill Ireland). ... See full summary »

Director: Peter R. Hunt
Stars: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott
Air Force One (1997)
Action | Adventure | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he (an ex-soldier) works from hiding to defeat them.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Action | Adventure | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.3/10 X  

A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the ... See full summary »

Director: Menahem Golan
Stars: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam
The Kingdom (2007)
Action | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Director: Peter Berg
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner
Action | Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo
Action | Adventure | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. Those people, commonly called "hobos", are truly hated by Shack (Borgnine), a sadistical ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Aldrich
Stars: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
Mike Locken
...
George Hansen
Arthur Hill ...
Cap Collis
...
Jerome Miller
...
Yuen Chung
...
Mac
...
Lawrence Weyburn
Tom Clancy ...
O'Leary
...
Tommie (as Tiana)
Walter Kelley ...
Walter
Kate Heflin ...
Amy
Sondra Blake ...
Josephine
Carole Mallory ...
Rita
James Wing Woo ...
Tao Yi
George Cheung ...
Bruce (as George Kee Cheung)
Edit

Storyline

Mike Locken is one of the principle members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. 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. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

Pain is Only a Side Effect, Death is the Cure See more »

Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Certificate:

PG | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

|

Release Date:

19 December 1975 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Assassinos de Elite  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The climactic battle in the film used three different styles of martial arts: karate, ninjitsu and sword fighting. See more »

Goofs

When the boy throws Mike's cane to him he throws it pointed end in front. When it cuts to Mike catching the cane it is the rounded end in front. See more »

Quotes

Mac: Damn it, Mike! You're so busy doing their dirty work, you can't tell who the bad guys are!
Mike Locken: Don't worry! I know who the bad guys are: anybody who tries to hurt me!
Mac: They're all tryin' to hurt you Mike! All the goddam power systems! All the wheelers and dealers at the top with their gin and fizzes! They need guys like you to do their bloodletting, while they're busy making speeches about freedom and progress! They're all full of bullshit! There's not one power system that really cares about its ...
See more »

Crazy Credits

This film is a work of fiction. There is no company called Communications Integrity NOR ComTeg and the thought the C.I.A. might employ such an organization for any purpose is, of course, preposterous. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Dear Phone (1976) See more »

Soundtracks

"Ramona"
(uncredited)
Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert
Music by Mabel Wayne (1928)
Sung light-heartedly by James Caan and Robert Duvall
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

Let's Go Bananas!
27 July 2004 | by See all my reviews

To all the long-faced dimwits bemoaning the decidedly uncontentious tone of this picture, I've three words: Get a life! First off, the "The Killer Elite" is a rip-roaring gasser about the most offbeat assassins to ever walk the earth. Burt Young versus ninjas? James Caan and Robert Duvall serenading CIA safe houses? Where do I sign? Maybe some also bellow on about how watered-down "The Killer Elite" is amongst the Peckinpah pantheon, but I put this to you: how many "PG"-rated pictures include defectors getting their brains blown out, as sanguine life sprays the walls? Not many. Third off, the nihilistic corporate pecking order as portrayed in the film sums up the old "Alfredo Garcia" "no heroes" mentality quite nicely. Mako and Gig "Fred C. Dobbs" Young are there to party, Caan, Duvall, and Young seem to be having the time of their lives, so what are we waiting for? "Let's go bananas."


11 of 18 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
original novel blur81
James Caan Movie Ending Poem sureshift
Does James Caan drive an ambulance in this film? capriceclassic9
Major minuses for this film spartacus126
Rocky cheapholiday
New Master! HD - Blu-ray out now in France juniormike
Discuss The Killer Elite (1975) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?