The Killer Elite poster
Director Sam Peckinpah
Screenplay Stirling Silliphant, Marc Norman

The Killer Elite

Tagline: They protect us from the enemy, but who protects us from them?

Release Date: 1975-12-19

Duration: 122 minutes

Synopsis

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

  • James Caan
    Mike Locken
  • Robert Duvall
    George Hansen
  • Uschi Digard
    Girl at Party (uncredited)
  • Mako
    Yuen Chung
  • George Cheung
    Bruce
  • Burt Young
    Mac
  • Bo Hopkins
    Jerome Miller
  • Arthur Hill
    Cap Collis
  • Helmut Dantine
    Vorodny
  • Gig Young
    Lawrence Weyburn