The Professional (1981)
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Joss Beaumont
Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s...
Robert Hossein
as Commissaire Rosen
Robert Hossein was a French film actor of Parsi origin, director and writer. He directed the 1982 adaption of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus...
Elisabeth Margoni
as Jeanne Baumont
Élisabeth Margoni (born 16 January 1945) is a French actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1968.
Source: Article "Élisabeth Margoni" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-S...
Jean-Louis Richard
as Colonel Martin
Jean-Louis Richard (17 May 1927 – 3 June 2012) was a French actor, film director and scriptwriter.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Louis Richard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list...
Jean Desailly
as Ministre
Jean Desailly (August 24, 1920, Paris – June 11, 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 – 1946, and later participated in about ninety movies. Desailly was marrie...
Michel Beaune
as Capitaine Valeras
Director
Georges Lautner
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