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The Killer Elite (1975)

The Killer Elite (1975)

Action Crime Thriller

They protect us from the enemy, but who protects us from them?

Release Date: 1975, December 19
Directors: Sam Peckinpah
Countries: United States of America
Production: United Artists, Persky-Bright Productions, Baum/Dantine Productions, Exeter Associates, Arthur Lewis Productions
Cast: Tom Clancy, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Bob Harks, George Cheung, Burt Young, Eddy Donno, Tommy Bush, Gerald Okamura, Mako, Tak Kubota, Gig Young

Overview:

Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.

Keywords:

kung fu revenge betrayal traitor hitman central intelligence agency (cia)