Directed by:
Louis MalleScreenplay:
John GuareCinematography:
Richard CiupkaComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Al Waxman, Robert Goulet, Wallace Shawn, Cec Linder, Sean McCann (more)Plots(1)
A woman leaves her abusive, drug-selling husband, taking her pregnant sister with her. An ex-mobster, caring for the widow of an old crony, watches her. The husband returns with heroin and tries to enlist the ex-mobster's help in tracking her down, but the gang who are after the drug dealer close in on the estranged wife. The husband is eventually found and murdered by the gang who then go after the wife thinking she has hidden the heroin. The ex-mobster helps her by killing the men after her in a peculiar act of courage. She then takes off leaving her him behind to take up with the sister. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Burt Lancaster
USA
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Susan Sarandon
USA
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Kate Reid
UK
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Michel Piccoli
France
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Hollis McLaren
Canada
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Robert Joy
Canada
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Al Waxman
Canada
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Robert Goulet
USA
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Wallace Shawn
USA
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Cec Linder
Canada
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Sean McCann
Canada
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Angus MacInnes
Canada
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Harvey Atkin
Canada
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Louis Del Grande
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Sean Sullivan
Canada
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Norma Dell'Agnese
Canada
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