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The Specialists
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The Specialists

1985-03-13 · 94 min · ★ 6.6

Adventure · Crime

While being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner, Laura, offers them sanctuary. Since the death of her husband, Laura has longed to get her own back on the police and she agrees to help Carella and Brandon in their scheme to rob a casino in Nice. After a shoot out with the casino’s owners, Carella realises that not everything is what it seems. Brandon is not what he appears...

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Directors
Patrice Leconte
Production companies
Les Films Christian Fechner, Films A2
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Bernard GiraudeauBernard GiraudeauPaul Brandon
Gérard LanvinGérard LanvinStéphane Carella
Christiane JeanChristiane JeanLaura
Maurice BarrierMaurice BarrierKovacs
Bertie CortezMazetti
Daniel JégouCasino director
Jacques NolotJacques NolotLe gendarme chez Laura
Patrick MassieuPatrick Massieu
Jesse Joe Walsh
Philippe Lehembre
Salvatore IngogliaSalvatore Ingoglia
Bernard Hervé
William Doherty
Christian Bianchi

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