Alain Deloin, Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Gayle Hunnicutt, J.D. Cannon ...( see more  see more... ) , John Colicos , Paul Scofield

Cross is an old hand at the CIA, in charge of assassinating high-ranking foreign personalities who are an obstacle to the policies of the USA. He often teams up with Frenchman Jean Laurier, alias "Sco...( read more  read more... )rpio", a gifted free-lance operative. One day, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross -- and leaves him no choice but to obey. Scorpio is cold-blooded and very systematic; however, as a veteran agent, Cross knows many tricks. He can also rely upon a network of unusual personal contacts, some dating back to the troubled years preceding WWII. A lethal game of hide-and-seek is programmed, but what are the true motives of every single player?

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Directed by: Michael Winner

Release Date: April 19, 1973

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DVD Release Date: January 18, 2000

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  • January 24, 2008
    One has to see this movie and then turn thankfully to God in order show how please were are that we were NOT alive during the 1970s. In this film everything is bad from the colors of the actresses wannabe sexy pyjamas to Alain Delon's acting. Actually, it is so bad it almost beco...( read more)mes fun to see how low it can get.
  • February 6, 2008
    Scorpio is nowhere near the best work of either Lancaster or Delon, nor is the plot that original or compelling (it is highly romanticized and melodramatic). What Winner brings to the picture, however, is raw violence that is similar to that found in his pictures with Bronson; th...( read more)e violence is never romanticized--it is dirty and often shocking.
  • July 21, 2007
    Finally They Have This Movie Listed. Alan Delon Better Movie

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