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Director:
Writers:
Christopher Trumbo (screenplay) and
Michael Butler (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 March 1975 (USA) more
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Big Jim Brannigan takes on London - Chicago Style ! more
Plot:
Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition... more | add synopsis
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"Exciting, fast-paced and slickly directed." more (40 total)

Cast

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John Wayne ... Lt. Brannigan

Richard Attenborough ... Cmdr. Swann
Judy Geeson ... Jennifer
Mel Ferrer ... Fields

John Vernon ... Larkin
Daniel Pilon ... Gorman
John Stride ... Insp.Traven
James Booth ... Charlie-the-Handle
Arthur Batanides ... Angell
Ralph Meeker ... Capt. Moretti
Barry Dennen ... Julian

Lesley-Anne Down ... Luana (as Lesley Anne Down)
Pauline Delaney ... Mrs. Cooper (as Pauline Delany)
Del Henney ... Drexel
Brian Glover ... Jimmy-the-Bet
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111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #24041) | Iceland:16 | West Germany:16 (nf) | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:A (original rating) (passed with cuts) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15
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The production was difficult for John Wayne since he had heart problems and had just recovered from a severe bout of pneumonia. more
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Revealing mistakes: At the end of the bar brawl, paint cans on a wall shelf on the far side of the sound stage can be seen through the open exit door. more
Quotes:
Brannigan: How's the world's second-best navy?
Royal Navy Sailor: You should know.
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Referenced in The Enforcer (1976/I) more
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Let the Sunshine In more

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11 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
"Exciting, fast-paced and slickly directed.", 1 May 2004
Author: jamesraeburn2003 from Poole, Dorset

Lieutenant Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) is sent to London to extradite an extortionist called Ben Larkin. However, things become more complicated when Larkin is abducted by some hoods and at the same time, Gorman (Daniel Pilon), a contract killer is out to kill Brannigan.

Exciting, fast-paced and slickly directed by Douglas Hickox who directed Oliver Reed in "Sitting Target" (1972 - see my review), and in common with that film, his direction has the right feel for tough guy thrillers employing the right actors and staging some fantastic action scenes such as a marvelous pub brawl in a London bar. And also in common with "Sitting Target" the direction papers over a somewhat deficient script. Great performances from John Wayne as Brannigan and Richard Attenbrough as the commander of Scotland Yard frustrated at the former's police methods which seem unorthodox by British standards. Judy Geeson is good as Detective Sgt Thatcher who is assigned to keep Brannigan out of trouble while Daniel Pilon is superb as the contract killer out for Brannigan's blood. The film is an obvious rip off of "Dirty Harry" (1971)which Wayne regretted turning down after he saw that movie.

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