Léon: The Professional
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Léon (also known as The Professional and Léon: The Professional) is a 1994 thriller film written and directed by French director Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno as a mob hitman, Gary Oldman as a corrupt DEA detective, and a young Natalie Portman, in her feature film debut, as a 12-year-old girl who is taken in by the hitman after her family is murdered by corrupt police agents.
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Cast
- Jean Reno as Léon, a professional hitman
- Gary Oldman as Stansfield, a corrupt DEA agent
- Natalie Portman as Mathilda, a twelve-year old girl
- Danny Aiello as Tony, a mafioso who gives Léon hit jobs
- Michael Badalucco as Mathilda's father
- Ellen Greene as Mathilda's mother
- Peter Appel as Malky
- Willi One Blood as Blood
- Don Creech as Neal
- Keith A. Glascoe as Benny
- Randolph Scott as Jordon
- Elizabeth Regen as Mathilda's Sister
- Carl J. Matusovich as Mathilda's Brother
- Frank Senger as Fatman
- Lucius Wyatt Cherokee as Tonto
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