The literal missing link between Le Samouraï and Drive. Ryan O’Neal is the frosty pro getaway driver who seems to have no life except for brooding and accelerating. Bruce Dern is the detective who aches to bust him. Isabelle Adjani is the cool customer who drifts into it all. Writer/director Walter Hill’s script develops perhaps a few too many doublecrosses by the final reel, but ‘70s American crime films rarely approached this level of noir cool.
1978 Walter Hill 1.85:1 Color DCP 91 min.
