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  2. The Professional (1981 film) - Wikipedia

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    Alexandre Mnouchkine, Belmondo's producer, was not interested in Barracuda and suggested adapting Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal by British author Patrick Alexander, published in 1978 in the Série noire collection. [9] [8] When Boisset declined, Belmondo, impressed by the book, decided to proceed with the film adaptation.

  3. Léon: The Professional - Wikipedia

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    Léon is an Italian-American hitman (or "cleaner", as he refers to himself) working for a mafioso named "Old Tony" in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City. One day, Léon meets Mathilda Lando, a lonely twelve-year-old who lives with her dysfunctional family in an apartment down the hall from Léon and has stopped attending class at her school for troubled girls.

  4. John Houseman - Wikipedia

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    John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a British-American actor and producer of theatre, film, and television. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane and his collaboration, as producer of The Blue Dahlia, with writer ...

  5. Norman Stansfield - Wikipedia

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    Stansfield is a DEA agent who employs a holder (Michael Badalucco) to store cocaine in his residence.When Stansfield learns that the holder has been taking a cut and adulterating the remainder, he and his henchmen gun down the man's entire family, with the exception of 12-year-old Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman), who is able to find refuge with her neighbor, professional hitman Léon ().

  6. List of films released posthumously - Wikipedia

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    Zudora (1914–1915), a 20-part serial whose first installment was released just over three months after producer Charles J. Hite's death in an automobile accident; Hite was on the way to his home in New Rochelle, New York, and was crossing the viaduct at 155th Street in Manhattan when his vehicle skidded off the roadway and onto the sidewalk, tore through an iron railing and plunged fifty ...

  7. The Professionals (1966 film) - Wikipedia

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    The steam locomotive seen in the movie currently resides on the Heber Valley Railroad. During filming, the cast and crew stayed in Las Vegas. Actor Woody Strode wrote in his memoirs that he and Marvin got into a lot of pranks, on one occasion shooting an arrow into Vegas Vic, the famous smiling cowboy neon sign outside The Pioneer Club.

  8. Robert Webber - Wikipedia

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    Webber was the son of Robert Webber, who was a merchant seaman. [2] He graduated from Oakland Technical High School.Webber enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1943 during World War II, serving in the 1st Marine Amphibious Corps and later in the 6th Marine Division as a 776-Radio Operator (Low Speed) [3] in Guam and Okinawa.

  9. List of Terminator (franchise) characters - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of characters, their plot lines and their performers in the Terminator film franchise consisting of six films. A list specific to the characters, their plot lines and their performers as presented in the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles can be found at List of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles characters; including supporting characters ...