Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.
Acting
Hackman's exhausted eyes carry the whole damn movie.
Direction
Kramer's last gasp at relevance—bleak and bitter.
Director
Stanley Kramer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mickey Rooney's tiny role as a prison fixer was a favor to Kramer; they hadn't worked together since 1963's 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.'
The film's commercial failure effectively ended Stanley Kramer's career as a bankable director—audiences in 1977 wanted 'Star Wars,' not cynical Vietnam-era paranoia.
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