The Outfit (1973 film)

The Outfit
The Outfit
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	John Flynn
Screenplay by	John Flynn; Walter Hill (uncredited);
Based on	The Outfit; 1963 novel; by Richard Stark
Produced by	Carter De Haven
Starring	Robert Duvall; Karen Black; Joe Don Baker; Joanna Cassidy; Robert Ryan;
Cinematography	Bruce Surtees
Edited by	Ralph E. Winters
Music by	Jerry Fielding
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 19, 1973;
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Outfit is a 1973 American neo-noir^[2] crime film directed by John Flynn.^[3] It stars Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker and Robert Ryan.

Flynn's screenplay is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Richard Stark, pseudonym of Donald E. Westlake. It features a character modeled on Stark's fictional character Parker, who was introduced in The Hunter.

Westlake called it "one movie made from a Stark book that got the feeling right. That movie is done flat, just like the books.}^[4]

^ Tarantino, Quentin. Cinema Speculation (First ed.). Harper. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-06-311258-2.
^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
^ Variety film review; October 24, 1973, page 16.
^ McGilligan, Patrick (2006). Backstory 4 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1970s and 1980s. p. 389.

[1] Tarantino, Quentin. Cinema Speculation (First ed.). Harper. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-06-311258-2.

[2] Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5

[3] Variety film review; October 24, 1973, page 16.

[4] McGilligan, Patrick (2006). Backstory 4 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1970s and 1980s. p. 389.

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The Outfit (1973 film)

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