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Prime Cut (1972)

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Michael Ritchie, better known for his gentle satires of American social institutions, enters Don Siegel territory in the unusual crime thriller Prime Cut. Lee Marvin is surly collection agent Nick Devlin, who is hired by Chicago racketeer Jake (Eddie Egan) to collect an overdue payment from Kansas cattle baron Mary Ann (yes, Mary Ann!) (Gene Hackman). When Devlin travels west to get Jake's money from Mary Ann, he finds the cattle king mixed up in complex drug deals and pimping wild women -- two

R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Michael Ritchie

Written By: Robert Dillon

In Theaters: Jun 28, 1972 Wide

On DVD: Jun 14, 2005

Cast

Lee Marvin
Nick Devlin
Gene Hackman
"Mary Ann"
Angel Tompkins
Clarabelle
Gregory Walcott
Weenie
Sissy Spacek
Poppy
Janet Baldwin
Violet
Eddie Egan
Jake
Hugh Gillin
Desk Clerk
Les Lannom
O'Brien
Howard Platt
Shaughnessy
David Savage
Ox-Eye
Gordon Signer
Brockman
Bob Wilson
Reaper Driver
Clint Ellison
Delaney

Critic Reviews for Prime Cut

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (3) | DVD (6)

Enchantingly perverse fairy-tale

September 25, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

A imbecilidade deste filme pode ser resumida pela rid�cula cena de persegui��o envolvendo uma ceifadeira. N�o vale nem como curiosidade por ter marcado a estr�ia de Spacek no cinema.

May 12, 2006 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

A prime piece of machismo.

February 18, 2006 Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com

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Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

more watchable than it ought to be

June 20, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

...you really can't go wrong with a film that casts Gene Hackman as a sleazy villain named Mary Ann.

June 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Nasty stockyard mob tale filled with human link-sausages.

October 15, 2004 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Mesmerisingly tacky crime film about evildoing in a Midwester meat empire that could only have been made by people who never set foot in Kansas.

July 27, 2003 Comment

Dan Lybarger

Nitrate Online

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Sissy Spacek made her film debut in this sleazy but energetic crime thriller about big-times gangsters and the slaughterhouse they use to convert their enemies into sausage is a highly entertaining gangster film with co-stars Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman. Michael Ritchie takes iconic actors like Marvin and Hackman, who

September 20, 2009