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Malone (1987)

Malone poster
Directed by
Harley Cokeliss
Genre
drama film, action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 77 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former CIA operative tries to live quietly in a small town. He gets pulled into a conflict with a local power broker who wants to buy up all the land.

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What happens

Malone is a 1987 American action thriller film starring Burt Reynolds in the eponymous role alongside Cliff Robertson, Cynthia Gibb, Lauren Hutton, Scott Wilson, and Kenneth McMillan. It is an adaptation of William Wingate's novel Shotgun, written by Christopher Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer, and directed by Harley Cokeliss (credited under his birth name Harley Cokliss). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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