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The Outside Man

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The Outside Man
French film poster for The Outside Man
Directed byJacques Deray
Written byJacques Deray
Jean-Claude Carrière
Ian McLellan Hunter
Produced byJacques Bar
StarringJean-Louis Trintignant
Ann-Margret
Roy Scheider
Michel Constantin
Angie Dickinson
CinematographySilvano Ippoliti
Terry K. Meade
Edited byWilliam K. Chulack
Henri Lanoë
Music byMichel Legrand
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
1973 (1973)
Running time
105 min.
CountriesFrance
Italy

The Outside Man (Un homme est mort) is a 1972 French thriller set in Los Angeles, directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, and Angie Dickinson.[1]

Plot

French hitman Lucien Bellon (Jean-Louis Trintignant) has been hired by mobsters to kill Victor (Ted de Corsia), a rival mobster. Bellon goes to Victor's home, in Los Angeles, and shoots him point-blank.

Bellon's luggage and passport are stolen. Meanwhile, on television, news accounts of the murder allude to the police seeking not a French killer but an American one. Bellon stays in Los Angeles to discover the truth. Apparently, another hit man named Lenny (Roy Scheider) has been hired to kill Bellon.

Along the way, Bellon encounters a beautiful woman named Nancy (Ann-Margret), who offers to help, as well as the dead gangster's girlfriend, Jackie (Angie Dickinson). As he attempts to save his own life, Bellon hijacks a car and holds a woman (Georgia Engel) and her son (Jackie Earle Haley) hostage.

Cast

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