continues a major season of recent American movies, tonight starring James Caan , Robert Duvall
In San Francisco Com-Teg handles the jobs too dirty even for the CIA. One of their top men, Mike Locken , is deliberately shot and crippled on orders from his division chief. Mike refuses to accept his enforced retirement and struggles back to strength-with a revenge mission in mind. This characteristically cynical movie by director Sam Peckinpah enacts a vivid portrait of ' law and order' from behind the scenes. It builds up to a brilliantly staged climax where martial arts meet high technology weapons in one of the screen's most exciting battles.
Screenplay by MARC NORMAN and STIRLING SILLlPIJANT from the novel by ROBERT Rostand
Produced by martin baum , ARTHUR lewis Directed by SAM peckinpah. Films: p 13 (First showing on British television)