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.
The Killer Elite
“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.
Director
Sam Peckinpah
Budget
5.0M
Revenue
1.0M
Status
Released
Production
United Artists, Persky-Bright Productions, Baum/Dantine Productions, Exeter Associates, Arthur Lewis Productions
Cast
James Caan
Mike Locken
Robert Duvall
George Hansen
Arthur Hill
Cap Collis
Bo Hopkins
Jerome Miller
Mako
Yuen Chung
Burt Young
Mac
Gig Young
Lawrence Weyburn
Tom Clancy
O'Leary
Tiana Alexandra
Tommie
Walter Kelley
Walter
Kate Heflin
Amy
Sondra Blake
Josephine
Carole Mallory
Rita
James Wing Woo
Tao Yi
George Cheung
Bruce
Hank Hamilton
Hank
Victor Sen Yung
Wei Chi
Tak Kubota
Negato Toku
Rick Alemany
Ben
Johnnie Burrell
Donnie
Billy J. Scott
Eddie
Simon Tam
Jimmy Fung
Arnold Fortgang
Doctor
Tommy Bush
Sam the Mechanic
Matthew Peckinpah
Mat
Eddy Donno
Fake Officer
Eddie White
Security Policeman
Gary Combs
Security Policeman
Wilfred Tsang
Wilfie
Wilton Shoong
Wiltie
Alan Keller
Cop
Charles Titone
Soldier at Party
Joseph Glenn
Man at Comteg
Eloise Shoong
Eloise
Mel Cenizal
Waiter
Kuo Lien-Ying
Tai Chi Master
Helmut Dantine
Vorodny
Uschi Digard
Girl at Party (uncredited)
Andy Epper
Gunman (uncredited)
Bob Harks
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Gerald Okamura
Airport Thug (uncredited)
Video Gallery
Jerry Fielding - The Killer Elite HD (1975)
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