The Killer Elite is a 1975 American action thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Caan and Robert Duvall.
Plot[]
Friends George Hansen (Robert Duvall) and Mike Locken (James Caan) are hit men who do contract jobs for a company called Com-Teg, associated with the CIA. But, when George gets a better offer from the competition, he turns on Mike, breaking his elbow and shoulder. It takes Mike a long time and a lot of physical therapy to get back on the job, but he does and coincidentally finds himself protecting a client whom Hansen and his gang are simultaneously being paid to assassinate.
Cast[]
- James Caan as Mike Locken
- Robert Duvall as George Hansen
- Arthur Hill as Cap Collis
- Gig Young as Weybourne
- Tom Clancy as O'Leary
- Mako as Yuen Chung
- Burt Young as Mac
- Bo Hopkins as Jerome Miller
- Takayuki Kubota as Negato Toku
- Victor Sen Yung as Wei Chi
- Kate Heflin as Amy
- Tiana Alexandra as Tommie
- Helmut Dantine as Vorodny
- Master Gini Lau/Liu (actor/stunt woman) as Yuen Chung's daughter
- Uschi Digard as Girl at Party