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Actors: Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Robert Ryan, Karen Black, Richard Jaeckel, Joanna Cassidy, Elisha Cook Jr.
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Outfit |
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Based on a Donald E. Westlake novel, THE OUTFIT is a movie written and directed by John Flynn in 1973.
Earl Macklin and his brother Eddie have unintentionally robbed a bank owned by the mob two years ago. Since that event, Earl has been spending his time in jail, and Eddie has retired in a small ranch.
Just before Earl's release, Eddie is murdered by hitmen and Earl himself is the target of a hit the night of his release. Earl decides to fight back the mob and avenge his brother. He's asking for $250,000.- in cash from the local mob boss and threatens to go on stealing the mob's money until the day he's paid. While the mob is actively looking for him, Earl and his friend Cody start to attack some of the mob's illegal offices.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Outfit |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- bald (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Misc setting
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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