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Scorpio

  • 1973
  • PG
  • 1h 54m
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6.4/10
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Scorpio (1973)
During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.
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During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.

  • Director
    • Michael Winner
  • Writers
    • David W. Rintels
    • Gerald Wilson
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Alain Delon
    • Paul Scofield
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Winner
    • Writers
      • David W. Rintels
      • Gerald Wilson
    • Stars
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Alain Delon
      • Paul Scofield
    • 38User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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    Scorpio (1973)
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    Burt Lancaster in Scorpio (1973)
    Joanne Linville in Scorpio (1973)
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    Alain Delon in Scorpio (1973)
    J.D. Cannon in Scorpio (1973)
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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Cross
    Alain Delon
    Alain Delon
    • Jean Laurier
    Paul Scofield
    Paul Scofield
    • Sergei Zharkov
    John Colicos
    John Colicos
    • McLeod
    Gayle Hunnicutt
    Gayle Hunnicutt
    • Susan
    J.D. Cannon
    J.D. Cannon
    • Filchock
    Joanne Linville
    Joanne Linville
    • Sarah Cross
    Mel Stewart
    Mel Stewart
    • Pick
    • (as Melvin Stewart)
    Vladek Sheybal
    Vladek Sheybal
    • Zemetkin
    Mary Maude
    • Anne
    Jack Colvin
    Jack Colvin
    • Paul Milney
    James Sikking
    James Sikking
    • Harris
    Burke Byrnes
    • Morrison
    William Smithers
    William Smithers
    • Mitchell
    Shmuel Rodensky
    Shmuel Rodensky
    • Lang
    Howard Morton
    • Heck Thomas
    Celeste Yarnall
    Celeste Yarnall
    • Helen Thomas
    Sandor Elès
    Sandor Elès
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    • Director
      • Michael Winner
    • Writers
      • David W. Rintels
      • Gerald Wilson
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    • Trivia
      Burt Lancaster, who was once a circus acrobat, performed his own stunts during the chase scene.
    • Goofs
      Lancaster disarms two agents by putting his car into reverse and slamming into their car in a narrow alley. Then he pulls forward and does it again. But on his second pass, there's a shot of the back of his car completely undamaged before it makes the second hit. (In that final shot, the car is damaged as it should be.)
    • Quotes

      Cross: There's a room just down the hall from McLeod's office where grown men play a game. It's a bit like Monopoly, only more people get hurt. There's no good and no bad. The object is not to win, but not to lose - and the only rule is to stay in the game.

    • Connections
      Featured in Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      Hannibal Brooks
      (uncredited)

      Music by Francis Lai

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    The best Spy-Film
    The thing about spys and espionage is that there is a difference

    between good guys and bad guys. Burt Lancaster portrays aging C.I.A agent Cross who wants to leave the C.I.A to spend more time with his wife (Joanne Linville). However he has been training another mentor Jean code name "Scorpio"(Alain Delon) who is just been learning the tricks of the trade as a C.I.A assasin. C.I.A boss (John Colicos) feels that Cross knows too much and that he should be killed. He soons asks Scorpio to do the job, but he refuses. Scorpio is later arrested on phony narcotics rap and is blackmailed to do the job of eliminating Cross, so he accepts it. Cross however catches on that he is being by the watched C.I.A and the game of cat and mouse between him and Scorpio begins. He later takes refuge in with on old colleague (Paul Scofield) in Venice. Yet the question remains. Who is doublecrossing who? Who will survive the game? Who is good and who is bad? This a great film. Burt Lancaster was 59 years old and he had the ability to perform his running scenes as he is being pursued by Delon and another C.I.A hitman. He is proven to be a good actor who attributed the physical-athletic attributes in the film. Alain Delon gives a marvelous performance the man forced to hunt down and kill Lancaster. I give this film 10 out of 10**********.
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    • Release date
      • April 19, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Dangerfield
    • Filming locations
      • Palmenhaus Schönbrunn - Schonbrunn Palace Palm House, Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria(Laurier tries to trap Cross in a greehouse)
    • Production companies
      • The Mirisch Corporation
      • Scimitar Productions
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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