The Outside Man

The Outside Man
French film poster
FrenchUn homme est mort
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Directed byJacques Deray
Written byJacques Deray
Jean-Claude Carrière
Ian McLellan Hunter
Produced byJacques Bar
StarringJean-Louis Trintignant
Ann-Margret
Roy Scheider
Michel Constantin
Angie Dickinson
CinematographySilvano Ippoliti
Terry K. Meade
Edited byWilliam K. Chulack
Henri Lanoë
Music byMichel Legrand
Production
companies
Cité Films
General Production Company
Les Productions Artistes Associés
Mondial Televisione Film
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • 21 December 1972 (1972-12-21) (Italy)
  • 18 January 1973 (1973-01-18) (France)
Running time
112 minutes
105 minutes (U.S. cut)
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguagesEnglish
French

The Outside Man (French: Un homme est mort, lit.'A man has died') is a 1972 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Jacques Deray, from a screenplay co-written with Jean-Claude Carrière and Ian McLellan Hunter. This French and Italian co-production stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, and Jackie Earle Haley in his film debut. The plot is about a French contract killer (Trintignant) who travels to Los Angeles for a hit, only to find himself targeted by unknown assailants.