The Outfit (1973)

	Directed by: John Flynn	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama/Action NORWEGIAN TITLE Oppgjøret RUNNING TIME 86 minutes
	Produced by: Carter DeHaven
	Written by (based on the novel by Donald E. Westlake): John Flynn

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Earl Macklin	Robert Duvall	½
Bett Harrow	Karen Black
Cody	Joe Don Baker	½
Mailer	Robert Ryan
Menner	Timothy Carey
Chemey	Richard Jaeckel
Buck's Wife	Sheree North
Frank Orlandi	Felice Orlandi
Madge Coyle	Marie Windsor
Rita	Joanna Cassidy
Carl	Elisha Cook Jr.
Buck	Bill McKinney

Review

Robert Duvall was perhaps at his most productive when starring in this hardboiled, disillusioned crime/gangster movie about a bank robber who finds himself up against the Chicago Outfit after hitting one of the banks they control. John Flynn's direction is unglamorous and unassuming, which makes the film unremarkable when seen in retrospect. There's little imminence or tension left here after forty years of ageing, except perhaps Duvall's ever-credible appearance. The Outfit nevertheless remains well-made and well-told, and it has its fair share of stark, gripping realism.