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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Derek Marlowe (novel)
Paul Mayersberg (writer)
Release Date:
17 September 1977 (Spain) more
Tagline:
A violent passion held them together. A passion for violence ripped them apart.
Plot:
Thriller about a contract killer whose wife has disappeared. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a "shy" or hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
A haunting film about obsession and betrayal more (4 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Donald Sutherland | ... | Jay Mallory |
 | Francine Racette | ... | Celandine |
| David Hemmings | ... | Edward |
 | John Hurt | ... | Atkinson |
| David Warner | ... | Burbank |
| Peter Bowles | ... | Jefferies |
| Virginia McKenna | ... | Catherine |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Deverell |
| Michèle Magny | ... | Melanie |
| Dan Howard | ... | James (as Duane Howard) |
 | Robin Sachs | ... | Young Man |
| Christina Greatrex | ... | Secretary |
| Robert Korne | ... | Dominic |
| Michael Eric Kramer | ... | Peter (as Michael Kramer) |
| Maureen Beck | ... | Maid |
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Runtime:
100 min | Canada:88 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Certification:
Canada:14+ (Ontario) | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R
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Barbara Parkins was going to be in this project but was replaced before filming began. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The Last Embrace more
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This film does a fine job of putting the viewer into the position of the main protagonist, Jay Mallory. It isn't until the climax of the film when Mallory and Christopher Plummer's character, Deverell, meet that the viewer can understand the disjointed, roller-coaster ride that Mallory has been on.
The haunting piano music beautifully reflects the tension of the film. The support cast is made up of outstanding English and European actors who give the feel of the film the pace so often brought to the screen of excellent non-US films.