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Outfit, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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"You know how it is. You hit us. We hit you." Career thief Earl Macklin (Robert DuvaIl) pays no mind to the mobster's threat. He intends to put a big hurt on an L.A. crime outfit. He, his girlfriend (Karen Black) and his partner (Joe Don Baker) wilI avenge the murder of Macklin's brother by cutting down gangland operations bit by violent bit. Based on the noveI by Point Blank author Richard Stark, The Outfit has a feeI and grit that makes it a throwback to fiIm noirs of the 1940s and '50s. The casting of noir veterans underscores the tone: Robert Ryan, Jane Greer, Marie Windsor, Timothy Carey and EIisha Cook. HoIIywood buffs wiII also enjoy seeing Iongtime Variety coIumnist Army Archerd in a bit roIe. |
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