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1972    1 Std., 51 Min.Krimi, Thriller
6.540%80%6.2
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Ein französisches Gangstersyndikat beauftragt den Berufskiller Lucien, den Boß der Konkurrenz in Los Angeles zu töten. Lucien arbeitet schnell und präzise, und wird selbst zum Gejagten. Die Gegenseite setzt Lenny auf ihn an, einen ebenso skrupellosen wie erfahrenen Killer, der schnell den Mörder seines Bosses aufspürt. Doch der Franzose kann im Betondschungel von L.A. immer wieder untertauchen. In Kaliforniens vornehmstem Krematorium findet das Duell der Profis seinen dramatischen Höhepunkt...
Regie Jacques Deray
  • Jean-Louis TrintignantLucien Bellon
  • Ann-MargretNancy Robson
  • Roy ScheiderLenny
  • Angie DickinsonJackie Kovacs
  • Georgia EngelJane
  • Felice OrlandiAnderson
  • Carlo De MejoKarl
  • Michel ConstantinAntoine
  • Umberto OrsiniAlex
  • Carmen ArgenzianoSecond Hawk
  • Rico CattaniButler
  • Ted de CorsiaVictor
  • Ed GreenbergHitchhiker
  • Jackie Earle HaleyEric
  • Philippa HarrisSalesgirl
  • John HillermanDepartment Store Manager
  • Jon KorkesFirst Hawk
  • Connie KreskiRosie
  • Ben PiazzaDesk Clerk
  • Alex RoccoMiller
  • eif9994. Juli 2025
    How’d I miss this one? I immediately thought this is what Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was going for. A look at Los Angeles with foreign eyes that is now nostalgic. Shot I guess in 72 or 73 when the end of the hippie era was getting ugly. Some amazingly inky-black night shooting on location was impressive. As was watching folks watch Star Trek on reruns with cat food commercials on an old RCA TV, using coin-operated razors in public bathrooms, driving giant gas-guzzlers all to some funky jazz. The film is mostly and mercifully quiet with just the sounds of a city. The action is moved forward not by explanation but by reaction. Most of the actors that show up for brief stints will be immediately recognized. Angie Dickenson as a middle-aged trophy wife who shows off her bikini body. Georgia Engel as the mother of Jackie Earle Haley, Michel Constanin, Ted de Corsia, Talia Shire…. Apparently this was mentioned in Los Angeles Plays itself. I need to revisit that documentary. Directed by Jacques Deray who did La Piscine a few years earlier. His Symphony for a Massacre is another gem of his.

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