
Borsalino and Co.(1974)
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."


“If you kill the most powerful man in organized crime, they've got the rest of your life to get you.”
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Lucien Bellon

Ann-Margret
Nancy Robson

Roy Scheider
Lenny

Angie Dickinson
Jackie Kovacs

Georgia Engel
Jane

Felice Orlandi
Anderson

Carlo De Mejo
Karl

Michel Constantin
Antoine

Umberto Orsini
Alex

Carmen Argenziano
Second Hawk
The Outside Man is a crime, thriller film released in 1972 exploring themes of paris, france, hitman, gangster, mobster, los angeles, california, venice beach, california. Directed by Jacques Deray, it stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider. A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
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