The Specialists (1985)

• Adventure
• Crime

While being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner, Laura, offers them sanctuary. Since the death of her husband, Laura has longed to get her own back on the police and she agrees to help Carella and Brandon in their scheme to rob a casino in Nice. After a shoot out with the casino’s owners, Carella realises that not everything is what it seems. Brandon is not what he appears...

Rating

6.6 / 10 (110 votes)

Release date

March 13, 1985

Runtime

1h 34m

Language

French

Director

Patrice Leconte

Status

Released