A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 19, 1975
Original Title:
The Killer Elite
Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller
Production Companies:
Arthur Lewis Productions
Baum/Dantine Productions
Exeter Associates
Persky-Bright Productions
United Artists
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16 DK: 15 GR: 16 IE: PG US: PG
Runtime: 122
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.
Casting:
Mike Fenton
Jane Feinberg
Costume Design:
Ray Summers
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Director of Photography:
Philip H. Lathrop
Editor:
Monte Hellman
Tony de Zarraga
Executive Producer:
Helmut Dantine
Hairstylist:
Kathryn Blondell
Makeup Artist:
Jack Petty
Jack Wilson
Novel:
Robert Syd Hopkins
Original Music Composer:
Jerry Fielding
Producer:
Arthur Lewis
Martin Baum
Production Assistant:
Katherine Haber
Production Design:
Ted Haworth
Production Manager:
William Davidson
Screenplay:
Stirling Silliphant
Marc Norman
Set Decoration:
Rick Gentz
Stunt Coordinator:
Whitey Hughes
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