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Brannigan is a British film of genre Drama directed by Douglas Hickox released in USA on 21 march 1975 with John Wayne
Brannigan (1975)
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Add to a movie listBrannigan is a 1975 British thriller film directed by Douglas Hickox and starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough. Set principally in London, the film is about a Chicago detective sent to Britain to organise the extradition of an American mobster, who is soon kidnapped and held for ransom. Struggling with the restrained policing style of his British counterparts, the tough Irish-American detective uses his own brand of law enforcement to recapture the criminal.
After turning down the starring role in Dirty Harry, and seeing the subsequent success of that film, Wayne made two police thrillers in quick succession. After starring in McQ, he made this "cop out of water" film in the same vein as Clint Eastwood's Coogan's Bluff.
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Tough Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) is sent to London to extradite a notorious American gangster, Ben Larkin (John Vernon). Brannigan is assigned a local officer, Jennifer (Judy Geeson), to help while he is in London. But before Brannigan can collect his man, Larkin is kidnapped.Actors
John Wayne
(Lt. Jim Brannigan)
Richard Attenborough
(Cmdr. Charles Swann)
Judy Geeson
(DS Jennifer Thatcher)
Mel Ferrer
(Mel Fields)
John Vernon
(Ben Larkin)
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