Regie:
Michael WinnerKamera:
Robert PaynterMusik:
Jerry FieldingBesetzung:
Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J.D. Cannon, Joanne Linville, Vladek Sheybal, Burke Byrnes, James Sikking (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Der amerikanische Geheimdienst hält den alternden CIA-Agenten Ben Cross für einen Doppelagenten. Den Auftrag für dessen Liquidierung erhält der junge Jean Laurier, der bisher mit Cross gearbeitet hat. Das Vertrauen, das Cross ihm entgegenbringt, hindert Laurier aber an der Durchführung. Als Cross bemerkt, dass er von seiner eigenen Organisation überwacht wird, flieht er nach Wien. Laurier nimmt die Verfolgung auf. (ORF)
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An old-fashioned type of film, in which you identify a spy in a crowd in a fraction of a second by their piercing eyes, intense and gloomy gaze, and a menacing tone that is heard when the camera focuses on them. The surveillance is as inconspicuous as a hand grenade on a plate in the school cafeteria, secret agents have nothing else to do but shoot each other, and 60-year-old Burt Lancaster, with a serious injury, easily climbs several floors on a ladder and then takes out a significantly younger opponent. I would envy his physique even at thirty. Scorpio is a naively conspiratorial film that relies on a star-studded cast but looks up to the heights of the genre from a respectable distance. On the other hand, it doesn't insult us with blatant stupidity, and genre fans should not have any major issues with it. Overall impression: 60%.
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