Directed by:
Douglas HickoxCinematography:
Gerry FisherComposer:
Dominic FrontiereCast:
John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Mel Ferrer, Judy Geeson, John Vernon, John Stride, James Booth, Lesley-Anne Down, Ralph Meeker, Tom Laughlin, Tony Robinson (more)VOD (3)
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Veteran Chicago detective Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) is dispatched to London to bring back notorious gangster Ben Larkin (John Vernon), and is assured that the whole operation will run smoothly... However, things don’t go to plan and Brannigan soon finds himself in the crosshairs of Larkin’s thugs. Reluctantly teaming up with by-the-book Commander Swann of Scotland Yard (Richard Attenborough), Brannigan tears through London leaving behind a trail of destruction whilst determined to re-capture Larkin. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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John simply looked good in his 70s. Not just in westerns, although he wasn't bad in those either, but especially in these action crime films. Almost nobody would have guessed he was 70. Moreover, the confrontation between American and English, and male and female dynamics, works quite well here, not to mention that it's also funny and the story is not at all stupid.
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