Malone (1987 film)

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Malone

Directed by	Harley Cokliss
Produced by	Gérard Croce Mary Eilts
Written by	Christopher Frank William P. Wingate
Starring	Burt Reynolds Cliff Robertson Kenneth McMillan Lauren Hutton Cynthia Gibb
Music by	David Newman
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date(s)	1987
Running time	92 min
Language	English
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Malone is a 1987 movie starting Burt Reynolds, written by Christopher Frank and based on a novel by William P. Wingate. Burt Reynolds stars as ex-CIA agent, Richard Malone. The movie also stars Cliff Robertson and Lauren Hutton.

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Ex-cop. Ex-CIA. Ex-plosive
The woman held the key to his past. The man wanted to buy his future. Now both were trying to kill him.

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Malone Burt Reynolds has been a "wet" operative for the CIA for many years, serving his country by performing assassinations. He is tired of his job and wants to get out of "the company" (as it is called) and live a normal life. He is looking along the Pacific Northwest for a place to settle down when his much-cherished classic Mustang breaks down outside the town of Comstock. He manages to get to a small gas station and is treated like family by a Vietnam veteran, who is the station's owner, and his daughter. They are suffering from the nefarious activities of a local bigwig Cliff Robertson to take over all the land in the city in a hare-brained development scheme. He soon runs afoul of the town sheriff, who is basically an employee of the developer, but eventually wins his respect. Meanwhile, the CIA is none too pleased to hear of Malone's intended retirement and send a succession of hit-men after him to ensure that he divulges none of their dirty secrets. Malone destroys the first two killers at some cost to his own well-being. The next assassin turns out to be a woman who is susceptible to his charms. Meanwhile, he has a thorough-going local scoundrel to put out of business. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide