They live the sweet life but they play a game of sudden death!
An important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an American agent, but it is impossible to impute him due to his political influences, so the dead agent's boss decides to hire the services of a hitman to kill him.
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Classical in form, grave, cool and earnest.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · May 20236/10
Unfortunately, none of Messrs. Caine, Quinn and Mason are on very good form here. Nor do they have much of a script to work with in this rather clunky crime drama. It is Quinn ("Ventura") an official at the US Justice Department, who has been trying for years to thwart the activities of drugs baron "Brizard" (Mason) but the man proves somewhat teflon! As a last resort, he hires an unknown assassin to finally stop his nemesis. It turns out though, that the man he has inadvertently hired in none other than his old pal "Deray" (Caine). Set amongst some gorgeous Parisian and Alpine scenery, we now play out this cat and mouse game. Aside from a rather lacklustre storyline, there is also pretty little actual action to entertain us here either. Caine is absent for petty much the entire first third of the film; Mason makes for quite a good baddie - but just features all to sparingly in what rapidly becomes a rather procedural drama enlivened only by a few of the scenes from Quinn. It is an OK watch - but not a film you are likely to recall.
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Cast
- Michael CaineJohn Deray / John Davos
- Anthony QuinnSteve Ventura
- James MasonJacques Brizard
- Maurice RonetInspector Briac
- Alexandra StewartRita
- Maureen KerwinLucienne
- Catherine RouvelBrizard's Mistress
- Marcel BozzuffiCalmet
- Patrick FloersheimKovakian
- André OumanskyMarsac
Crew
- Robert ParrishDirector
- Judd BernardScreenplay
- Douglas SlocombeDirector of Photography
- Roy BuddOriginal Music Composer
- Willy KemplenEditor
- Judd BernardProducer
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