The Specialists

The Specialists

1985•1h 34m•6.6/10

AdventureCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(104)

While being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner, Laura, offers them sanctuary. Since the death of her husband, Laura has longed to get her own back on the police and she agrees to help Carella and Brandon in their scheme to rob a casino in Nice. After a shoot out with the casino’s owners, Carella realises that not everything is what it seems. Brandon is not what he appears...

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Production

Les Films Christian Fechner, Films A2

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Bernard Giraudeau

Bernard Giraudeau

Paul Brandon

Gérard Lanvin

Gérard Lanvin

Stéphane Carella

Christiane Jean

Christiane Jean

Laura

Maurice Barrier

Maurice Barrier

Kovacs

Bertie Cortez

Mazetti

Daniel Jégou

Casino director

Jacques Nolot

Jacques Nolot

Le gendarme chez Laura

Patrick Massieu

Patrick Massieu

Jesse Joe Walsh

Philippe Lehembre

Salvatore Ingoglia

Salvatore Ingoglia

Bernard Hervé

William Doherty

Christian Bianchi

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