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Shatter (1975)
Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all knowledge of payment arrangements, he realises he has been drawn into a dangerous game where there are no rules. Amongst the players are the Mafia and several foreign intelligence services and the stakes being played for are deadly.
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Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all knowledge of payment arrangements, he realises he has been drawn into a dangerous game where there are no rules. Amongst the players are the Mafia and several foreign intelligence services and the stakes being played for are deadly.
Rating:R
Genre:Action, Thriller, Crime
Written By:Don Houghton
In Theaters:3/1/1975
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Hammer Film Productions, Shaw Brothers, AVCO Embassy Pictures
Cast
Michael Carreras, Monte Hellman
Director
Stuart Whitman
Shatter
Ti Lung
Tai Pah / Tai Kung
Lily Li
Mai Mee
Peter Cushing
Paul Rattwood
Anton Diffring
Hans Leber
Ko Hung
Japanese karate fighter
Keung Hon
Korean taekwondo fighter
James Ma Chim-Si
Thai Boxer
Lau Nga-Ying
Hans Leber's Girl
Lee Hoi-Sang
Referee Hanson Lee
Huang Pei-Chih
Hans Leber's Bodyguard
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