The Specialists

The Specialists (1985)

13/03/1985
Adventure, Crime
1h 34m

Overview

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...

  • Patrice LeconteDirector, Screenplay
  • Original Title

    Les Spécialistes

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

  • escape
  • southern france
  • jail guard
  • alps mountains

Top Billed Cast

Bernard Giraudeau

Bernard Giraudeau

Paul Brandon

Gérard Lanvin

Gérard Lanvin

Stéphane Carella

Christiane Jean

Christiane Jean

Laura

Maurice Barrier

Maurice Barrier

Kovacs

Bertie Cortez

Mazetti

Daniel Jégou

Casino director

Jacques Nolot

Jacques Nolot

Le gendarme chez Laura

Patrick Massieu

Patrick Massieu

Jesse Joe Walsh

Philippe Lehembre

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