The Outside Man

French hitman Lucien Bellon (Jean-Louis Trintignant) has been hired to kill Victor (Ted de Corsia), a leading mobster in Los Angeles. Bellon goes to Victor's home and shoots him point-blank.

When he tries to return to France, he discovers that his luggage and passport have been stolen. Meanwhile, on television, news accounts indicate that the police have been given a false description of him. He stays in Los Angeles to discover the truth but finds that another hit man named Lenny (Roy Scheider) is trying to kill him. As he flees one attack, Bellon hijacks a car and holds a woman (Georgia Engel) and her son (Jackie Earle Haley) hostage.

Later, Bellon seeks help from a beautiful woman named Nancy (Ann-Margret), and encounters the dead gangster's widow, Jackie (Angie Dickinson).

• Jean-Louis Trintignant as Lucien Bellon
• Ann-Margret as Nancy Robson
• Angie Dickinson as Jackie Kovacs
• Roy Scheider as Lenny
• Georgia Engel as Mrs. Barnes
• Felice Orlandi as Anderson
• Carlo De Mejo as Karl
• Michel Constantin as Antoine
• Umberto Orsini as Alex
• Ted de Corsia as Victor
• Jackie Earle Haley as Eric
• John Hillerman as Department Store Manager
• Jon Korkes as First Hawk
• Connie Kreski as Rosie
• Ben Piazza as Desk Clerk
• Alex Rocco as Miller
• Talia Shire as Make-up Girl

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