

The Killer Elite
1975 · Movie · 2h 2m · PG
CrimeActionThriller
"They protect us from the enemy, but who protects us from them?"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
57/100
Key crew
- Sam PeckinpahDirector
- Stirling SilliphantScreenplay
- Marc NormanScreenplay
- Jerry FieldingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James CaanMike Locken
- Robert DuvallGeorge Hansen
- Arthur HillCap Collis
- Bo HopkinsJerome Miller
- MakoYuen Chung
- Burt YoungMac
- Gig YoungLawrence Weyburn
- Tom ClancyO'Leary
- Tiana AlexandraTommie
- Walter KelleyWalter
- Kate HeflinAmy
- Sondra BlakeJosephine
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Themes
kung fucentral intelligence agency (cia)hitmantraitorrevengebetrayal























