The Retrievers

Year: 1982

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Elliott Hong

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Trained to kill in a thousand ways, carefree electrician Tom Cathral is recruited by The Company, which promptly offers him a permanent position with the Retrievers, an elite unit of corrupt secret operatives. When Tom refuses to carry out an assassination, his botched first mission turns him into The Company’s next target.

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