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The Specialists (1985)

Directed by Patrice Leconte

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…

Length 94 minutes

Actors

Bernard Giraudeau | Gérard Lanvin | Christiane Jean | Maurice Barrier | Bertie Cortez | Daniel Jégou | Jacques Nolot | Patrick Massieu | Jesse Joe Walsh | Philippe Lehembre | Salvatore Ingoglia | Bernard Hervé | William Doherty | Christian Bianchi