Scorpio [Blu-ray]

Director: Michael Winner Michael Winner

Overview

This spy thriller from future Death Wish (1974) director Michael Winner stars Burt Lancaster as the enigmatic Cross, a CIA agent who has hired a government assassin, Jean Laurier (Alain Delon), to kill an Arab terrorist. Once they return home, Laurier is arrested by his superior, McLeod (John Colicos), who wants to know why Cross is still alive, as Laurier was ordered to kill him as well. Laurier doesn't think that Cross is guilty of the crime, but he relents and agrees to carry out the contract for a higher price. Cross, suspected of selling secrets to the Soviets, learns that his life is in danger and flees to Vienna, where he is aided by a former comrade-in-arms from WWII, the sympathetic KGB agent Sergei Zharkov (Paul Scofield). When Cross learns that his wife (Joanne Linville) has been murdered by McLeod, he returns to the U.S. and kills him, leading to a bloody final confrontation with a reluctant Laurier, who is shocked to discover that his lover (Gayle Hunnicutt) is in league with Cross. Scorpio (1973) was the writing debut of David W. Rintels, who went on to author several critically respected made-for-TV films.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/13/2023
UPC:	0850035985816
Original Release:	1973
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sandpiper Pictures
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	41,297

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Burt Lancaster	Cross
Alain Delon	Laurier
Paul Scofield	Zharkov
John Colicos	McLeod
Gayle Hunnicutt	Susan
Joanne Linville	Sarah
J.D. Cannon	Filchock
Bill Nagy	Man at Animal Home
Vladek Sheybal	Zametkin
Mary Maude	Ann
Woodrow Chambliss	Actor
Mel Stewart	Pick
Jack Colvin	Thief
Burke Byrnes	Morrison
William Smithers	Mitchell
Shmuel Rodensky	Lang
Howard Morton	Heck Thomas
Celeste Yarnall	Helen Thomas
Sandor Eles	Malkin
Frederick Jaeger	Novins
George Mikell	Dor
Robert Emhardt	Man In Hotel
James Sikking	Harris
Jerry Fielding	Composer

Technical Credits

David W. Rintels

Gerald Wilson

Michael Winner	Director
Walter Mirisch	Producer
David W. Rintels	Screenwriter
Gerald Wilson	Screenwriter
Alan Gibbs	Stunts
Brian Marshall	Sound/Sound Designer