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Brannigan

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Original title

Brannigan (Joe Battle)

Year

1975

Running time

107 min.

Country

United States

Director

Douglas Hickox

Screenwriter

Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, William W. Norton, William P. McGivern. Story: Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler

Cast

Music

Dominic Frontiere

Cinematography

Gerry Fisher

Producer

United Artists, Wellborn

Genre

Action. Thriller. Drama | Cop Movies

Synopsis

Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up by his lawyer. Brannigan in his American Irish way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard in order to recapture this mobster with both A price tag on his head and a stuffy old London cop to contend with.

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Critics' reviews

"It's a Western, really, but then most cop movies are, these days. I guess it's cheaper to film in a city. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"The John Wayne charisma and mystique somehow manage -- as always -- to make the escapism ride acceptable."

Arizona Republic
"It's all pretty dumb, lumpishly directed by Douglas Hickox."

Boston Globe
"The old superstar of Hollywood westerns turns in an amusing job of kidding himself in Brannigan."

Toronto Star
"Brannigan is another dumb John Wayne movie, with John Wayne looking and acting dumber than ever."

Rex Reed: The New York Observer
"A movie of boisterous uncertainty and flabby plot in which the Duke's celebrated philosophy of shoot first and forget about the questions afterwards triumphs over the fussy civility of London."

Desmond Ryan: Philadelphia Inquirer
"'Brannigan' has been written (by four hands) with an affectionate sense of fun yet genuine respect for the mythical figure that John Wayne has become."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times

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