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Le Professionnel
Le Professionnel (The Professional) is a 1981 movie directed by French director Georges Lautner, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly and Robert Hossein, based on the award-winning 1976 novel Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal by Patrick Alexander.The music is composed by Ennio Morricone.French secret agent Josselin Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is sent to Malagawi (a fictional African country) to kill their president-for-life, Colonel Njala. However, at the last moment the political situation changes and the French secret service turns him in to the African authorities, and he is sentenced to a long-term imprisonment. After a daring escape he returns to France and deliberately informs his former chiefs of his presence promising them to kill Njala who has just arrived to the country in an official visit.
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Language: French
Year of production: 1981
Length: 104 minutes
Country: United States
Directors:
Georges Lautner
Producers:
Alain Belmondo
Actors:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein
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