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The Marseille Contract

They live the sweet life but they play a game of sudden death!

5.8 / 10

91 minutes

1974-09-04

French

FR

Actors :

Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Maurice Ronet, Alexandra Stewart, Maureen Kerwin, Catherine Rouvel, Marcel Bozzuffi, Patrick Floersheim, André Oumansky, Georges Beller, Jean-Louis Fortuit, Jerry Brouer, Georges Lycan, Pierre Koulak

Description

An important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an American agent, but it is impossible to impute him due to his political influences, so the dead agent's boss decides to hire the services of a hitman to kill him.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

5/27/2023, 9:23:45 AM

Unfortunately, none of Messrs. Caine, Quinn and Mason are on very good form here. Nor do they have much of a script to work with in this rather clunky crime drama. It is Quinn ("Ventura") an official at the US Justice Department, who has been trying for years to thwart the activities of drugs baron "Brizard" (Mason) but the man proves somewhat teflon! As a last resort, he hires an unknown assassin...