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The Sell Out

Name: The Sell Out
Genre: Action
Released: 1976-05-01
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 5.5

★ 5,5 /10 (10 Votes)

1976 EN 88 min

Overview

This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.

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Release date

01/05/1976

Votes

Popularity

1.2

Buying... selling... and zapping your friends... It's all part of the game.

Genres

Action

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

88 min

Oliver Reed

Gabriel Lee

Richard Widmark

Sam Lucas

Gayle Hunnicutt

Deborah

Sam Wanamaker

Harry Sickles

Shmuel Rodensky

Zafron

Vladek Sheybal

Dutchman

Ori Levy

Major Benjamin

Peter Frye

Kasyan

Assi Dayan

Lt. Elan

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Fanny Lubitsch

Zafron's Wife

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Miguel Pedregosa

Mercedes Man

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Poor old Ollie Reed is having a bit of an holiday in Israel when someone tries to kill him... It turns out that he used to run the CIA operation in Lebanon, and that his former employers and the KGB have decided to eliminate some loose ends that might come back to haunt them - he is their current target! In desperation, he turns to his former colleague Richard Widmark ("Sam"), now retired to an antiques business with Gayle Hunnicutt ("Deborah") in Jerusalem. What ensues is a pretty lacklustre espionage thriller, with neither star really bothering. There is quite a funny scene with Reed before …

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