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The Specialists (1985)

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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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Cast & Crew

Director
Patrice Leconte
  • Profile picture of Bernard Giraudeau
    Paul Brandon Bernard Giraudeau
  • Profile picture of Gérard Lanvin
    Stéphane Carella Gérard Lanvin
  • Profile picture of Christiane Jean
    Laura Christiane Jean
  • Profile picture of Maurice Barrier
    Kovacs Maurice Barrier
  • Profile picture of Jacques Nolot
    Le gendarme chez Laura Jacques Nolot
  • Profile picture of Patrick Massieu
    Patrick Massieu
  • Profile picture of Salvatore Ingoglia
    Salvatore Ingoglia

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Keywords

  • escape
  • southern france
  • jail guard
  • alps mountains