scorpio be a film burt lancaster do not think too much of accord to a recent biography and after view it i can certainly see why . on the plus side lancaster get to work with former co star alain delon from the leopard and with paul scofield from the train and both film considerably well than scorpio . too bad he wasn not give something well than a warm over espionage story . lancaster be a cia agent suspect of be a double agent . word have come from on high to terminate his existence . not an easy task by any mean . lancaster hasn not survive in the spy business by be a dummy for thirty year . from french intelligence the cia borrow hit man alain delon who have work and train with lancaster . he get the title role a one nickname scorpio because of the way he strike . lancaster have an ace or two up his sleeve also . an old friend with the kgb and paul scofield and be willing to help up to a point . here where there be a real problem . both lancaster and scofield be identify by the script a have serve in loyalist spain with volunteer group . of course in the soviet case i be sure volunteering be strongly urge . in america however that would have be the abraham lincoln brigade . and during the post world war ii mccarthy era that be one of a group of organization past and present that be consider a communist front . i be sorry and but there ain not no way that lancaster with that in his background would have ever get a job with the central intelligence agency . and if he do and he would have be find out and dismiss back then and there . the whole story fall apart know this . there be some nice location shot of vienna and of washington and dc in scorpio and act honor if any go to paul scofield . but the film be one colossal waste of time .