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The Marseille Contract
They live the sweet life but they play a game of sudden death!
An important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an American agent, but it is impossible to impute him due to his political influences, so the dead agent's boss decides to hire the services of a hitman to kill him.
- Original title
- The Marseille Contract
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,GB
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
May 27, 2023 · via TMDB
Unfortunately, none of Messrs. Caine, Quinn and Mason are on very good form here. Nor do they have much of a script to work with in this rather clunky crime drama. It is Quinn ("Ventura") an official at the US Justice Department, who has been trying for years to thwart the activities of drugs baron "Brizard" (Mason) but the man proves somewhat teflon! As a last resort, he hires an unknown assassin to finally stop his nemesis. It turns out though, that the man he has inadvertently hired in none other than his old pal "Deray" (Caine). Set amongst some gorgeous Parisian and Alpine scenery, we now play out this cat and mouse game. Aside from a rather lacklustre storyline, there is also pretty little actual action to entertain us here either. Caine is absent for petty much the entire first third of the film; Mason makes for quite a good baddie - but just features all to sparingly in what rapidly becomes a rather procedural drama enlivened only by a few of the scenes from Quinn. It is an OK watch - but not a film you are likely to recall.
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Michael Caine
John Deray / John Davos
Anthony Quinn
Steve Ventura
James Mason
Jacques Brizard
Maurice Ronet
Inspector Briac
Alexandra Stewart
Rita
Maureen Kerwin
Lucienne
Catherine Rouvel
Brizard's Mistress
Marcel Bozzuffi
Calmet
Patrick Floersheim
Kovakian
André Oumansky
Marsac
Georges Beller
Minierini
Jean-Louis Fortuit
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Georges Lycan
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Wilson
Vernon Dobtcheff
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Gib Grossac
Fournier
Barbara Sommers
Sally
Martine Kelly
Janet
Dyanik Zurakowska
The Girl
Willy Holt
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Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Robert Parrish
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