Crime · Drama
The Outfit
Nobody plays rougher than The Outfit...
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
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Top Cast
Robert Duvall
Earl Macklin
Karen Black
Bett Harrow
Joe Don Baker
Jack Cody
Robert Ryan
Mailer
Timothy Carey
Jake Menner
Richard Jaeckel
Kimmie Cherney
Sheree North
Buck's Wife
Felice Orlandi
Frank Orlandi
Directed by
John Flynn
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerReviews
John Chard
9/1011/4/2017
The Independent. The Outfit is directed by John Flynn and Flynn adapts the screenplay from the novel written by Richard Stark (AKA: Donald E. Westlake). It stars Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black and Robert Ryan. Music is by Jerry Fielding and cinematography by Bruce Surtees. It arguably took a further decade to pass before the 1970s would be revealed as a superb decade for neo-noir. For where the 60s purveyors cribbed close to the stylistics of the 40s and 50s, the 70s operators often saw a shift in emphasis on noir plotting over stylistics, using their own ideas on style to befit tone of plot. One such case is The Outfit, a cunningly moody piece that's at times brutal and at others a wry revenger pumped full of dialogue barbs. Nobody's luck holds forever. Plot finds D
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