I admit I'd never heard of this film until today, even though it has a great cast led by James Coburn.
Coburn plays Robert Elliot, a former agent hoping to get a bigger job in Govt circles. He however has to eliminate his past, and hatches a plan to get his former colleagues to murder each other.
The plan is pretty ingenious, and he ticks all the boxes until they have all indeed killed each other. Unfortunately someone knows about the plan and before the film ends, Elliot too is dead.
Being a British filmed this has a largely UK cast, which is a great thing, Ian Hendry as always is excellent as the snivelling Hellman, Christiane Kruger is also good as the prostitute Christina.
As a footnote it's while making this movie Coburn took time out to appear on the cover of the "Band on the Run" LP by Paul McCartney and Wings.
Coburn plays Robert Elliot, a former agent hoping to get a bigger job in Govt circles. He however has to eliminate his past, and hatches a plan to get his former colleagues to murder each other.
The plan is pretty ingenious, and he ticks all the boxes until they have all indeed killed each other. Unfortunately someone knows about the plan and before the film ends, Elliot too is dead.
Being a British filmed this has a largely UK cast, which is a great thing, Ian Hendry as always is excellent as the snivelling Hellman, Christiane Kruger is also good as the prostitute Christina.
As a footnote it's while making this movie Coburn took time out to appear on the cover of the "Band on the Run" LP by Paul McCartney and Wings.