The Killer Elite
Friends George Hansen (Robert Duvall) and Mike Locken (James Caan) are hit men who do contract jobs for a company called Com-Teg, associated with the CIA. Bu, when George gets a better offer from the competition, he turns on Mike, breaking his elbow and shoulder. It takes Mike a long time and a lot of physical therapy to get back on the job, but he does -- and coincidentally finds himself protecting a client whom Hansen and his gang are simultaneously being paid to assassinate. Director Sam Peckinpah Starring James Caan, Robert Duvall, Gig Young, Arthur Hill, Mako, Bo Hopkins, Burt Young, Tom Clancy, Tiana, Kate Heflin, James Wing Woo, George Kee Cheung, Simon Tam, Rick Alemany, Hank Hamilton, Matthew Peckinpah, Sondra Blake, and Helmut Dantine Rating PG Run Time 123:23 Released 1975 Genre Action Critic's Rating