The Outside Man
“If you kill the most powerful man in organized crime, they've got the rest of your life to get you.”
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
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Cast
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
Lucien Bellon
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Jacques Deray Director · Jean-Claude Carrière Screenplay Ian McLellan Hunter Screenplay
United States release January 1, 1973 · Produced in France, Italy, United States · Languages English, French
Production
Les Productions Artistes Associés
Production
Mondial Televisione Film
Production
Cité Films
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
France · Italy · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Un homme est mort
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Italy · December 21, 1972
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1973
Theatrical · US version edited to remove X content
France · January 18, 1973
Theatrical
France
February 3, 2009 · Physical · DVD
October 18, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
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