A no-nonsense Lee Marvin crime drama that has become a cult classic. Had it been made in the 1930s or 1940s, it would be classified as a <i>film noir</i>. And although this high-profile production was lensed in colour and Panavision, its basically the same kind of movie. It starts and ends on the former island prison of Alcatraz. A big man, only known as Walker (Lee Marvin) was apparently one of only a tiny handful of men ever to escape from The Rock, and make his way safely back to the mainland! Together with his friend Mal Reese (John Verman,) Walker is promised $93 000 for his part in helping steal a large sum of cash from a courier transporting funds for a major gambling operation. But the whole thing is a set-up, and Reece shoots Walker, leaving him for dead, before making off with Walkers wife, Lynn (Sharon Caker.) Walker recovers, and starts to follow a long line of the men who set him up. Apart from Reece, Walker is not really out for revenge. He just wants somebody to pay him the $93 000 that he says is due to him! At the specific request of Lee Marvin: John Boorman agreed to direct the film, that included in the cast Angie Dickenson, Keenan Wynn, and Carroll OConnor (remember him on TV as bigot Archie Bunker?) And as in the case of Hitchcocks classic <i>The Birds,</i> you will either <i>love</i> the ambivalent ending (I certainly did!) or be <i>frustrated</i> by it!
Studio | Sony Pictures Home Ent |
Release date | October 2011 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 20 working days |
Movie released | 2010 |
Actors | Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier, Claire Perot, Moussa Maaskri, Pierre Benoist, Valerie Dashwood, Virgile Bramly, Nicky Naude, Adel Bencherif |
Contributors | Fred Cavayé, Guillaume Lemans, Cyril Colbeau-Justin, Jean-Baptiste DuPont, Klaus Badelt, Alain Duplantier |
Directors | Fred Cavayé |
Dimensions | 192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format | |
Region encoding | Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players. |
Audio format | |
Video format | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
Languages | value |
Subtitles | value |
Age restriction | 15 |
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LSN | XRT-6EV-YLE-1 |