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      End of the Game

      PG 1976 1h 47m Mystery & Thriller List
      43% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 29% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Hans Baerlach (Martin Ritt) is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann (Robert Shaw). Though Baerlach's partner (Donald Sutherland) meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz (Jon Voight), is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley (Jacqueline Bisset) becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member One of my all-time favorites. WHAT is going on here? Historic back story; charismatic females; very bad bad guy, but no one seems very nice. Getting shut in a salon with a predator; a body in baggage --- An international mystery for thinking people, this flick is how good you wish all the Bond movies had been. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member ok crime drama a bit slow 4 me Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Peculiar crime mystery/thriller in which the motivations of a couple key characters are inscrutable. Martin Ritt, director of <i>Hud</i> and <i>Norma Rae</i>, is terrific turning actor here as ailing police chief in rural Switzerland, and he recruits the sharp-minded but erratic Jon Voight to assist in solving the murder of a decorated detective. The scenes between the two of them constitute the best parts of the film. Robert Shaw makes a pretty good nemesis for Ritt dating back 40 years, but Jacqueline Bisset seems rather flat as the murdered policeman's girlfriend. A satisfactory solution to the case (except no explanation for the two bullets??) doesn't wholly make up for the strange, aimless inclusions like the evening party and the cheetah in the unfinished room. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member END OF THE GAME (1975) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review walter m [font=Century Gothic]"End of the Game" starts with the body of police detective Robert Schmied(Donald Sutherland) being discovered in his car. Schmied was the assistant of Commissioner Baerlach(Martin Ritt) who takes over the case despite his failing health, recruiting Walter Tschanz(Jon Voight) to be his new assistant. Their investigatilon leads them to a wealthy businessman, Richard Gastmann(Robert Shaw), who shares a secret with Baerlach.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]Directed by Maximilian Schell, "End of the Game" is an uneven movie that squanders a very interesting premise. On the one hand, there is the chess-like plot, thoughts about free will and Martin Ritt enjoying himself playing a wily codger.(He has great chemistry with Robert Shaw but there is not enough of Shaw to go around.) But some scenes run on too long, especially the ones between Jon Voight and Jacqueline Bisset. Also hurting the movie are inadequate staging, disparate accents and Jon Voight's bizarre performance.[/font] Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Richard Schickel TIME Magazine The only emotion that the audience is likely to work up watching this unconscionable bore is an irresistible desire to be almost anywhere else but in the theater. Jan 14, 2008 Full Review Richard Eder New York Times Instead of every hour or half-hour, the cuckoo pops out every minute and a half. Rated: 2/5 May 9, 2005 Full Review Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) An intriguing puzzler that's good to see when you're in the mood to use your brain at a movie. May 6, 2023 Full Review Jacoba Atlas Los Angeles Free Press A dreary, needlessly confusing tale of revenge. Nov 14, 2019 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) By no means a great film, but it's a very good one that ought to be better known than it is. Rated: 4/5 Apr 30, 2008 Full Review TV Guide [A] complex thriller. Rated: 3/4 Jan 14, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Hans Baerlach (Martin Ritt) is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann (Robert Shaw). Though Baerlach's partner (Donald Sutherland) meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz (Jon Voight), is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley (Jacqueline Bisset) becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns.
      Director
      Maximilian Schell
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 47m