The Amsterdam Kill

The Amsterdam Kill (1977)

In a world gone soft, there's still one tough guy!

Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further...

Date of release
1977-12-26
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Director
Robert Clouse

Casting

Interesting facts

The Amsterdam Kill is a 1977 action thriller film directed and co-written by Robert Clouse, and produced by Andre Morgan for Golden Harvest. It stars Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman and Keye Luke. Mitchum portrays an disgraced ex-DEA agent who is hired to takedown an international drug cartel.

Production

The Amsterdam Kill was the second of seven films American director Robert Clouse made for Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest, beginning with 1973's Enter the Dragon. Filming took place on-location in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Utrecht, and London. Sammo Hung was the film's action choreographer.

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