Legionnaire
A fugitive from a killer. A remote outpost. A fight to the death.
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive.When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina.This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion.As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.
- Director
- Peter MacDonald
- Signature
- Drama · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $68M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
16 billed performers
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Story overview
What It's About
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Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Legionnaire returned 3.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $68M
- Release date
- Dec 3, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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