Mitchell (1975)
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Baker's the big lumpy cop who won't take no and another assignment for an answer when he's told to lay off the gun-happy lawyer (Saxon) he suspects of cold-blooded murder, and to concentrate on the businessman with the coke connection (Balsam). He realises that in such a sparsely-populated cheapie they just have to be in collusion, as he punches and shoots his way to the final credits accompanied by vocal encouragement from one of those country singers with terminal cancer. Balsam and Saxon contribute no more than their required quota of urbane sneers before being bulldozed into oblivion by the golem hero of this irredeemably routine potboiler.Author: GD
Cast & crew
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Producer: R Ben Efraim
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans, Merlin Olsen, Morgan Paull, Harold J Stone, Robert Phillips full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 97 mins
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