A riveting thriller, which doesn't let up for a moment, powered along not just by Dave Grusin's very much of its time music (but by that sound of the printer, for example), and Don Guidice's editing (also A New Leaf, The Yakuza). Screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel starts by making us like all the characters who are instantly killed (can't watch this without thinking of Charlie Hebdo). Provides wonderful twist in the sub-story of assassin Joubert (Max Von Sydow, who makes the film), bitter-sweet ending...
Also Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, John Houseman, Tina Chen.
Owen Roizman on camera.
I was reliably informed (by an online Swede) it's 'Max Fon See-doff', but the actor himself seems to prefer 'Von See-doh'.
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