The Specialists

The Specialists

1985 · 94 min · ★ 6.6 · Adventure, Crime

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...

Directed by Patrice Leconte · Written by Patrice Leconte

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Bernard Giraudeau Paul Brandon
Gérard Lanvin Stéphane Carella
Christiane Jean Laura
Maurice Barrier Kovacs
Bertie Cortez Mazetti
Daniel Jégou Casino director
Jacques Nolot Le gendarme chez Laura
Patrick Massieu
Jesse Joe Walsh
Philippe Lehembre
Salvatore Ingoglia
Bernard Hervé

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