Scorpio

1973

Action / Drama / Thriller

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 5969 6K

cia central intelligence agency (cia) washington dc, usa cold war kgb political assassination

Plot summary

Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission together, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross, leaving him no choice but to obey.

Director

Michael Winner Photo
Michael Winner

Top cast

Robert Emhardt Photo
Robert Emhardt as Man in hotel
J.D. Cannon Photo
J.D. Cannon as Filchock
Howard Morton Photo
Howard Morton as Heck Thomas
Earl Cameron Photo
Earl Cameron as Black employee in toilet
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.03 GB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 4
1.91 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Nazi_Fighter_David 7 / 10

A melodramatic and threatening spy film!

Reviewed by Prismark10 5 / 10

Scorpio

This is a convoluted espionage thriller with shades of John Le Carre. Unfortunately Michael Winner directs it like an early 1970s Europudding with most of the main actors sound like they have been dubbed.Burt Lancaster is veteran CIA spook Cross who wants to retire and live in peace with his wife. He has accumulated a nice nest egg.However Cross is now branded by his employers as a double agent. It helps them to know that Cross has leftist sympathies during the Spanish civil war. His protege codenamed Scorpio (Alain Delon) has been tasked to wipe Cross out, a task he has been forced to do.Both play a cat and mouse game across various cities. Scorpio is not sure if Cross is a double agent or has merely been framed.Winner has adopted a cynical look at spies. Both Cross and his Soviet counterpart Zharkov (Paul Scofield) are disillusioned old men, both of live and their countries.There is plenty of good action but it is a muddled story and with a disappointing ending.
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