The Killer Elite
Crime
Action
Thriller
They protect us from the enemy, but who protects us from them?
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.
1975-12-19
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Cast
Director
Sam Peckinpah
James Caan as Mike Locken
Robert Duvall as George Hansen
Arthur Hill as Cap Collis
Bo Hopkins as Jerome Miller
Mako as Yuen Chung
Burt Young as Mac
Gig Young as Lawrence Weyburn
Tom Clancy as O'Leary
Tiana Alexandra as Tommie
Kate Heflin as Amy
Sondra Blake as Josephine
Carole Mallory as Rita
James Wing Woo as Tao Yi
George Cheung as Bruce
Victor Sen Yung as Wei Chi
Tak Kubota as Negato Toku
Tommy Bush as Sam the Mechanic
Eddy Donno as Fake Officer
Gary Combs as Security Policeman
Kuo Lien-Ying as Tai Chi Master
Helmut Dantine as Vorodny
Uschi Digard as Girl at Party (uncredited)
Bob Harks as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Gerald Okamura as Airport Thug (uncredited)