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Release Date: 1975 Cast: Barry Dennen, Richard Attenborough, John Wayne, Judy Geeson, James Booth, Daniel Pilon, Ralph Meeker, Tom Laughlin, John Vernon, Don Henderson, Jack Watson, Tony Robinson ...MORE
Cast: Barry Dennen, Richard Attenborough, John Wayne, Judy Geeson, James Booth, Daniel Pilon, Ralph Meeker, Tom Laughlin, John Vernon, Don Henderson, Jack Watson, Tony Robinson, Lesley-Anne Down, Mel Ferrer ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Action, Action Thrillers, Mystery, Suspense, Crime Thriller, Action/Adventure Brannigan (1975) is a British action film set principally in London, directed by Douglas Hickox, and starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough. It tells the story of a Chicago detective sent to Britain to organise the extradition of an American mobster (John Vernon).
After turning down the role of Dirty Harry, and seeing the subsequent success of the film Wayne made two police thrillers in quick succession. After McQ he made this "cop out of water" film in the same vein as Clint Eastwood's Coogan's Bluff.
Tough Chicago cop Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) is sent to London to extradite a... MORE
Brannigan (1975) is a British action film set principally in London, directed by Douglas Hickox, and starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough. It tells the story of a Chicago detective sent to Britain to organise the extradition of an American mobster (John Vernon).
After turning down the role of Dirty Harry, and seeing the subsequent success of the film Wayne made two police thrillers in quick succession. After McQ he made this "cop out of water" film in the same vein as Clint Eastwood's Coogan's Bluff.
Tough Chicago cop Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) is sent to London to extradite a notorious American gangster, Ben Larkin (John Vernon). Brannigan is assigned a local officer, Jennifer (Judy Geeson), to help while he is in London. Before he can collect him Larkin is kidnapped, by Mel Fields (Mel Ferrer) and Brannigan spends the rest of the film running around London in search of Larkin. Whilst struggling to adapt to the British way of life, and the restrained style of policing, he employs techniques not usually seen in Britain. In the meantime, a contract has been put out on Brannigan's life by Larkin to prevent him from being extradited to the United States. The contract is picked LESS
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