The Outside Man
Classic French Cinema
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1h 51m
Directed by Jacques Deray • Crime • 1972 • US, France • English
Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret
In this gritty 70s action classic from Jacques Deray ("La Piscine"), Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a French hitman hired to kill a Los Angeles mafia boss by his son and daughter-in-law (Angie Dickinson). After completing the contract, another hitman (Roy Scheider) is brought in to tie up loose ends. Ann-Margret is Trintignant’s only ally as he and Scheider play a murderous game of cat-and-mouse.
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