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Prime Cut

Any way they slice it, it’s going to be murder

6.5(141)19721h 28m2

A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.5M
Language
English
  • chicago, illinois
  • irish mob
  • debt collector
  • slaughterhouse
  • kansas city
  • cattle ranch
  • small community
  • meatpacking
  • mob enforcer
  • sunflower field

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereKansas City, Missouri16 Jun 1972
    • TheatricalRNew York City, New York28 Jun 1972
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical14 Sept 1972
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalR 18+1 Jun 1972
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical8 Sept 1972
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical15 Sept 1972

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Prime Cut was released on 1 June 1972.

Audience reviews

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    MoHA

    3/20/2015

    8/10

    Want to talk about a movie that broke the mould when it was made? Let’s talk about Prime Cut. Starring Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman and Sissy Spacek, this 1972 film is eighty-eight minutes of pulp weirdness – part exploitation flick, part brutal, hard-boiled, crime story. Prime Cut was directed by Michael Ritchie, who did no other work of any consequence (with the possible exception of The Candidate, also made in 1972…

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    John Chard

    7/11/2020

    8/10

    Beefy Burgers and Meat Market Malarkey. Prime Cut is directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Robert Dillon. It stars Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott and Janit Baldwin. Music is by Lalo Schifrin and cinematography by Gene Polito. A vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner (Hackman) and his hick family are having a bloody war with a Chicago crime syndicate over profits …

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