The Killer Elite (1975)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Sam Peckinpah
Genres : Crime, Action, Thriller
Status : Released
Released : Dec 19, 1975
Tagline : They protect us from the enemy, but who protects us from them?
Length : 122 minutes
Cast
- James Caan
- Robert Duvall
- Arthur Hill
- Bo Hopkins
- Mako
- Burt Young
- Gig Young
- Tom Clancy
- Tiana Alexandra
- Walter Kelley
- Kate Heflin
- Sondra Blake
- Carole Mallory
- James Wing Woo
- George Cheung
- Hank Hamilton
- Victor Sen Yung
- Tak Kubota
- Rick Alemany
- Johnnie Burrell
- Billy J. Scott
- Simon Tam
- Arnold Fortgang
- Tommy Bush
- Matthew Peckinpah
- Eddy Donno
- Eddie White
- Gary Combs
- Wilfred Tsang
- Wilton Shoong
- Alan Keller
- Charles Titone
- Joseph Glenn
- Eloise Shoong
- Mel Cenizal
- Kuo Lien-Ying
- Helmut Dantine
- Uschi Digard
- Andy Epper
- Bob Harks
- Gerald Okamura
Crew
- Director : Sam Peckinpah
- Screenplay : Marc Norman
- Screenplay : Stirling Silliphant
- Production Assistant : Katherine Haber
- Novel : Robert Syd Hopkins
- Producer : Martin Baum
- Executive Producer : Helmut Dantine
- Producer : Arthur Lewis
- Original Music Composer : Jerry Fielding
- Director of Photography : Philip H. Lathrop
- Editor : Tony de Zarraga
- Editor : Monte Hellman
- Casting : Jane Feinberg
- Casting : Mike Fenton
- Production Design : Ted Haworth
- Set Decoration : Rick Gentz
- Costume Design : Ray Summers
- Makeup Artist : Jack Wilson
- Makeup Artist : Jack Petty
- Hairstylist : Kathryn Blondell
- Production Manager : William Davidson
- Stunt Coordinator : Whitey Hughes
- Assistant Art Director : Ron Hobbs
- Sound Editor : Fred J. Brown
- Sound Mixer : Charles M. Wilborn
- Assistant Editor : Margo Anderson
- Supervising Editor : Garth Craven
- Assistant Editor : Gordon Davidson
- Assistant Editor : A. David Marshall
- Assistant Editor : Sergio Ortega
- Assistant Editor : Robert Pergament
- Music Editor : Dan Carlin Sr.
- Script Supervisor : Frank Kowalski
- Script Supervisor : Ray Quiroz
- Production Coordinator : Yannoulla Wakefield