The Marseille Contract

12/4/19741h 31m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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.

Director:

Robert Parrish

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$2,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

drug dealer
assassin
france
paris, france
hitman
drug trafficking
marseille, france
american embassy

Cast

Michael Caine

~ as ~

John Deray / John Davos

Anthony Quinn

~ as ~

Steve Ventura

James Mason

~ as ~

Jacques Brizard

Maurice Ronet

~ as ~

Inspector Briac

Alexandra Stewart

~ as ~

Rita

Maureen Kerwin

~ as ~

Lucienne

Catherine Rouvel

~ as ~

Brizard's Mistress

Marcel Bozzuffi

~ as ~

Calmet

Patrick Floersheim

~ as ~

Kovakian

André Oumansky

~ as ~

Marsac

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
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.