Earl Macklin rapina una banca di proprietà della mafia, sconta la sua pena detentiva e viene rilasciato, solo per iniziare una guerra privata contro il gruppo criminale che possedeva la banc... Leggi tuttoEarl Macklin rapina una banca di proprietà della mafia, sconta la sua pena detentiva e viene rilasciato, solo per iniziare una guerra privata contro il gruppo criminale che possedeva la banca.Earl Macklin rapina una banca di proprietà della mafia, sconta la sua pena detentiva e viene rilasciato, solo per iniziare una guerra privata contro il gruppo criminale che possedeva la banca.
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- (as Elisha Cook)
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This is a tough , action filled, suspenseful, and violent thriller. It's a tense and engagingly movie , ignored in 1974, but now regarded as a top film of the decade of the 70s. Solid main cast, Robert Duval, Karen Black and Joe Don Baker; furthermore veteran supporting cast helps with several known secondaries, such as Elisha Cook, Timothy Carey, Marie Windsor, Shree North, Henry Jones, Jane Greer, among others . This well directed motion picture is based upon a novel by Donald E Westlake, writing credits as Richard Stark. Atmospheric cinematography by Bruce Surtees, son of Robert Surtees, and usual cameraman of Clint Eastwood. Stirring musical score by Jerry Fielding, Sam Peckinpah's habitual. Director John Flynn who gave magnificent performances to Tommy Lee Jones (Rolling Thunder), Jan Michael Vincent , James Woods (Bestseller), here gave immense credibility to Robert Duvall . Rating : Good, the result is a strong outing of action thriller.
I approached this as someone who has seen plenty of tough 70's mob movies both good and bad. However my wariness soon vanished as this turned out to be genuinely hard boiled stuff. From a great script the plot follows the two men as they repeatedly hit the mob. The dialogue is hard but also informative not just tough for the sake of being tough. The action is also quite shocking women being beaten etc, even for this type of movie it was quite pretty harsh.
Duvall is excellent many actors may have played it a bit softer to try and keep the audience but he goes all the way as a cruel violent man. Baker is more affable but is less effective for just that reason. Black has a small role but makes the most of it. The mob support cast is good but really Duvall takes this and makes it his own.
Overall if you like the 70's hard boiled thriller genre then this is for you. Even if you don't then there is still much to appreciate here not the best film in the world (plot is a little linear) but still a good tough thriller.
"The Outfit" is a crime movie from the 70´s that has not aged. The suspenseful plot of revenge is simple but full of action with great performances of the cast. The film has no surprises or plot points but it is highly entertaining and worthwhile watching. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Quadrilha" ("The Outfit")
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- QuizBrian Garfield, in an introduction to a reprint of the novel on which this film is based, notes that it originally was written by director John Flynn as a period piece, intending to be set in the postwar 1940s. That's why such "film noir" veterans as Elisha Cook Jr., Richard Jaeckel, Marie Windsor, and Jane Greer appeared in it. The studio, however, decided it would be too expensive to shoot a period picture, so the script was superficially updated --- the World War II vets became Vietnam vets, and actors and actresses like Robert Ryan, Karen Black, and Sheree North joined the cast. The result was that the story was restored to its original concept. (The series on which this book was based was written and set in the then contemporary 1960s and 1970s). Had the period piece idea gone through, this would have represented a rare case of backdating a character.
- BlooperA killer fires a revolver with a silencer on the barrel. The gun would still make a loud sound due to the gap between the cylinder and the barrel.
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Buck's Wife: [alone with Jack Cody, who's sitting on the porch of the 'hideout', while she's just out of the shower dressed in nothing but a see-through bathrobe] Wanna come on inside 'n have a drink?
Jack Cody: No, thank you.
Buck's Wife: You sure? We got time...
Jack Cody: No, thank you, *ma'am*.
Buck's Wife: You got a problem?
Jack Cody: [smirking] Lady, after a while, a fella learns things. Some women are trouble.
Buck's Wife: Suit yourself.
[goes into the house, pissed]
Jack Cody: I always do.
- Versioni alternativeSPOILER: The TV version plays out as a true noir with Organizzazione crimini (1973) ending as Earl and Cody are trapped within Mailer's burning house while the police and fire department surround the building.
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