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The Marseille Contract

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5.9/10 • 35

1974-09-041h 31m

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

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.

Directors
Robert Parrish
Editors
Willy Kemplen

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  1. Michael Caine

    Michael Caine

    John Deray / John Davos

  2. Anthony Quinn

    Anthony Quinn

    Steve Ventura

  3. James Mason

    James Mason

    Jacques Brizard

  4. Maurice Ronet

    Maurice Ronet

    Inspector Briac

  5. Alexandra Stewart

    Alexandra Stewart

    Rita

  6. Maureen Kerwin

    Maureen Kerwin

    Lucienne

  7. Catherine Rouvel

    Catherine Rouvel

    Brizard's Mistress

  8. Marcel Bozzuffi

    Marcel Bozzuffi

    Calmet

  9. Patrick Floersheim

    Patrick Floersheim

    Kovakian

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CinemaSerf

May 27, 2023

6/10

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 to finally stop his nemesis. It turns out though, that the man he has inadvertently hired in none other than his old pal "Deray" (Caine). Set amongst some gorgeous Parisian and Alpine scenery, we now play out this cat and mouse game. Aside from a rather lacklustre storyline, there is also pretty little actual action to entertain us here either. Caine is absent for petty much the entire first third of the film; Mason makes for quite a good baddie - but just features all to sparingly in what rapidly becomes a rather procedural drama enlivened only by a few of the scenes from Quinn. It is an OK watch - but not a film you are likely to recall.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,000,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
drug dealerassassinfranceparis, francehitmandrug traffickingmarseille, franceamerican embassy