The Killer Elite(1975)

Name: The Killer Elite
Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller
Released: 1975-12-19
Rating: 5.8

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

5.8(143)2h 2m1975-12-19

CrimeActionThriller

Overview

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.

Director:: Sam Peckinpah
Writers:: Marc Norman, Stirling Silliphant, Robert Syd Hopkins
Producers:: Martin Baum, Arthur Lewis
Cinematographer:: Philip H. Lathrop
Composer:: Jerry Fielding
Production:: United Artists, Persky-Bright Productions, Baum/Dantine Productions, Exeter Associates, Arthur Lewis Productions
Budget:: $5,000,000
Revenue:: $1,000,000
Status:: Released