{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = A Man to Respect | image = TheMasterTouch.jpg | alt = | caption = US theatrical release poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Michele Lupo | producer = Marina Cicogna<ref name="filmportal">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/ein-achtbarer-mann_ea43d4a731555006e03053d50b37753d|website=Filmportal.de|title=Ein achtbarer Mann|accessdate=9 March 2020}}</ref> | screenplay = Michele Lupo<ref name="filmportal" /> | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | starring = {{plainlist| <!-- per poster billing block --> * Kirk Douglas * Giuliano Gemma * Florinda Bolkan * Rene Koldenhoff * Romano Puppo * Wolfgang Miller Preiss}} | music = Ennio Morricone<ref name="filmportal" /> | cinematography = Tonino Delli Colli<ref name="filmportal" /> | editing = Antonietta Zita<ref name="filmportal" /> | production_companies = {{plainlist|* Paramount-Orion Film Production GmbH * Verona Cinematografica<ref name="filmportal" />}} | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1972|12|8|West Germany|ref1=}} | runtime = 112 minutes<ref name="filmportal" /> | country = {{plainlist|*West Germany *Italy<ref name="filmportal" />}} | language = | budget = | gross = }}
'''''A Man to Respect''''' (Italian: '''''Un uomo da rispettare''''',<ref name=D/> German: '''''Ein achtbarer Mann'''''), released in some territories as '''''The Master Touch''''', is a 1972 crime film directed by Michele Lupo starring Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma and Florinda Bolkan.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Master Touch|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/31747/Un-Uomo-da-Rispettare/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213060522/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/31747/Un-Uomo-da-Rispettare/overview|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Bush, John|date=2015|archive-date=2015-02-13}}</ref>
== Plot summary == Steve Wallace, a safecracker, has just been released from prison. He attempts one last burglary in Germany with the help of a circus gymnast.
== Cast == * Kirk Douglas as Steve Wallace * Giuliano Gemma as Marco * Florinda Bolkan as Anna * Wolfgang Preiss as Miller * Reinhard Kolldehoff as Detective Hoffman * Romano Puppo as Miller's Lieutenant * Bruno Corazzari as Eric * John Bartha as Murdered Security Guard * Allen Stanley * Vittorio Fanfoni * Luigi Antonio Guerra
==Release== ''A Man to Respect'' was distributed theatrically in Germany on 8 December 1972.<ref name="filmportal" />
==Criticial reception== DVD Talk, "Iit's easy to let the movie's faults slide; an ending that truly saves the best part of the film for last."<ref name=D>{{cite web|publisher=DVD Talk|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/54387|archivedate=October 15, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015225431/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/54387|title=Kirk Douglas: The Legacy Collection|first=Tyler|last=Foster|date=January 27, 2012}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0069446}} * {{Internet Archive film|Mastertouch}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Master Touch, The}} Category:1972 films Category:1972 crime drama films Category:1972 crime thriller films Category:1970s heist films Category:Italian crime thriller films Category:German crime thriller films Category:Italian heist films Category:German heist films Category:West German films Category:English-language German films Category:English-language Italian films Category:Films scored by Ennio Morricone Category:Films set in Hamburg Category:Films set in West Germany Category:1972 Italian films Category:1972 German films {{crime-thriller-film-stub}}