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Director: J Lee Thompson
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From Time Out Film Guide
Neither Houseman's presence as the criminal mastermind, nor Lucien Ballard's crisp photography can rescue this routine thriller from the implausibilities of script (from a novel by Ross Thomas, writing as Oliver Bleeck) and heavy-handed direction. Bronson seems tired from the start as the ex-crime reporter turned would-be novelist who gets involved in a simple theft that escalates into murder and large-scale robbery. Though the script is larded with post-Watergate cynicism - the caper is the stealing of an American electronics firm's huge bribe to an Arab oil sheik, and all the cops but one are corrupt - the film consistently skirts the issues it raises, however obliquely, preferring instead such time honoured clichés as the cutaway to Bisset looking glamorous/mysterious or Bronson looking muscular/brooding for its resolutions.Author: PH
Cast & crew
Director: J Lee Thompson
Producer: Pancho Kohner, Stanley Canter
Cast: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Elisha Cook, Burr De Benning, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Robert Englund, Jeff Goldblum full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 94 mins
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