The Outfit (1973 film)
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| Directed by | John Flynn |
| Produced by | Carter DeHaven |
| Screenplay by | John Flynn |
| Based on | The Outfit by Donald E. Westlake |
| Starring | Robert Duvall Karen Black Joe Don Baker Robert Ryan Timothy Carey |
| Music by | Jerry Fielding |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Editing by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | October 1973 |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Outfit is a 1973 film directed by John Flynn.[1] It stars Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker and Robert Ryan. The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Richard Stark and features a character modeled on Parker, who was introduced in The Hunter.
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[edit] Plot
Released from prison In Illinois after serving 2 years and 3 months for carrying a concealed weapon, professional thief and bank robber Earl Macklin (Robert Duvall) is told by his girlfriend Bett (Karen Black) of his brother's execution by the Outfit. After pressing information from a hitman he overpowers, Macklin, while heisting a mob poker game, discovers that a bank in Kansas he and his brother robbed was a "front" for the Outfit, who, having killed his brother, now have a contract out on him. Macklin teams up with old partner Cody (Joe Don Baker) and starts to hit the Outfit to accrue $250,000 compensation he feels he's due for his brother's murder. Promised the pay-off, but then double crossed by the Outfit's Godfather figure (Robert Ryan), Macklin and Cody decide to topple the whole organization by invading his well guarded home and killing him.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Duvall as Macklin
- Karen Black as Bett Harrow
- Joe Don Baker as Cody
- Robert Ryan as Mailer
- Timothy Carey as Menner
- Richard Jaeckel as Chemey
- Sheree North as Buck's Wife
- Felice Orlandi as Frank Orlandi
- Marie Windsor as Madge Coyle
- Jane Greer as Alma
- Henry Jones as Doctor
- Joanna Cassidy as Rita
- Tom Reese as First Man
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Carl (as Elisha Cook)
- Bill McKinney as Buck
[edit] Reception
Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and praised it as "a classy action picture, very well directed and acted".[2] However, Time wrote, "Director Flynn makes a movie that has been seen before, without either the skill or spirit that distinguished such excellent predecessors as Point Blank and Get Carter".[3] In his review for The New York Times, Vincent Canby wrote, "The Outfit is not really a bad movie. It doesn't fail in an attempt to do something beyond its means. It doesn't attempt to do anything except pass the time, which simply isn't good enough when most of us have access to television".[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Variety film review; October 24, 1973, page 16.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (October 23, 1973). "The Outfit". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19731023/REVIEWS/310230301/1023. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Gang Fight". Time. May 6, 1974. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,943699,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (April 25, 1974). "The Outfit:30-Year-Late B Movie From M-G-M Opens". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D06E4DE1131EF34BC4D51DFB266838F669EDE&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
[edit] External links
- The Outfit at the Internet Movie Database
- The Outfit at AllRovi
- The Outfit at the TCM Movie Database
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