The Killer Elite (1975)

  • PG
  • 12/17/1975 (US)
  • Crime, Action, Thriller
  • 2h 2m

They protect us from the enemy, but who protects us from them?

Overview

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.

Sam Peckinpah

Director

Marc Norman

Screenplay

Stirling Silliphant

Screenplay

Robert Syd Hopkins

Novel

Cast

James Caan's headshot

James Caan

Mike Locken
Robert Duvall's headshot

Robert Duvall

George Hansen
Arthur Hill's headshot

Arthur Hill

Cap Collis
Bo Hopkins's headshot

Bo Hopkins

Jerome Miller
Mako's headshot

Mako

Yuen Chung
Burt Young's headshot

Burt Young

Mac
Gig Young's headshot

Gig Young

Lawrence Weyburn
Tom Clancy's headshot

Tom Clancy

O'Leary

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