Stiletto (1969 film)

{{Short description|1969 film by Bernard L. Kowalski}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Stiletto

| image = Stiletto 1969 poster.jpg

| caption = 1969 theatrical poster

| director = Bernard L. Kowalski

| producer = Norman Rosemont

| writer = A.J. Russell

| based_on = {{based on|Stiletto|Harold Robbins}}

| starring = {{unbulleted list|Alex Cord|Britt Ekland|Joseph Wiseman|Barbara McNair|Patrick O'Neal}}

| music = Sid Ramin

| cinematography = Jack Priestley

| editing = Frank Mazzola

| studio = Embassy Pictures

| distributor = Avco Embassy Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1969|07|30}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Stiletto is a 1969 American crime film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Alex Cord, Britt Ekland and Patrick O'Neal.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/46909/Stiletto/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110110647/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/46909/Stiletto/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 January 2015 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Dan Pavlides |date=2015 |title=Stiletto (1969) |accessdate=10 January 2015}} It is based on the novel Stiletto (1960) by Harold Robbins. The film marked the debut of Raul Julia.

Plot

A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he is also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds that his former employers don't like the idea that someone who knows so much about them won't be under their control anymore, and decide to send their own hitmen to eliminate him.

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