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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Don Siegel |
| Stars: |
Lee Marvin |
| Actors: |
John Cassavetes |
| Genre: |
Action/Adventure |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Mystery |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
096895501432 |
| Release Date: |
1964 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 35min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 35min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Gene L. Coon |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Don Siegel's adaptation of the previously filmed Ernest Hemingway story stars Lee Marvin as professional hit man Charlie. After Charlie and colleague Lee (Clu Gulager) force their way into a school for the blind and kill Johnny North (John Cassavetes), one of the teachers, Charlie wonders why the victim offered so little resistance--and why he was paid so much for the job. He also recalls rumors that Johnny was mixed up in a million-dollar heist. They visit Johnny's former partner, Earl Sylvester (Claude Akins), and learn that he had been a race-car driver. Led astray by femme fatale Shiela Farr (Angie Dickinson) before a big race, he racked up his car, ending his driving career. Earl spots Shiela with the wealthy Browning (Ronald Reagan) and realizes that his friend's been set up. Shiela approaches Johnny, who's working as a mechanic, and persuades the driver to take a job as wheelman in a mail-truck robbery Browning's devised. She plans for the two of them to double cross Browning and take off with the... |
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