The Amsterdam Kill
The Amsterdam Kill | |
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Directed by | Robert Clouse |
Produced by | Raymond Chow |
Starring | Robert Mitchum |
Production company | |
Distributed by |
Hong Kong: Golden Harvest USA: Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
Denmark: December 26, 1977 Hong Kong: February 23, 1978 USA: March 3, 1978 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country |
Hong Kong United States |
Language | English |
The Amsterdam Kill (Chinese: 荷京喋血) is a 1977 film directed by Robert Clouse. It stars Robert Mitchum and Richard Egan.[1]
Plot
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further...
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Quinlan
- Richard Egan as Ridgeway
- Leslie Nielsen as Riley Knight
- Bradford Dillman as Odums
- Keye Luke as Chung Wei
- Mars
- Lam Ching-ying
- Yuen Biao
- Yuen Wah
References
External links
- The Amsterdam Kill at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- The Amsterdam Kill at the Internet Movie Database
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