Malone is a 1987 American action thriller film starring Burt Reynolds in the eponymous role alongside Cliff Robertson, Cynthia Gibb, Lauren Hutton, Scott Wilson, and Kenneth McMillan.

Richard Malone is a covert CIA operative specializing in assassinations, but has grown disillusioned with his line of work and suddenly resigns, much to the chagrin of his superiors.

Malone helps Paul with his repair work and sizes up the town, which is under the thumb of Charles Delaney, who buys up all the property he can and forces people to sell if they first refuse.

Outwardly a respectable and affluent businessman, Delaney is, in fact, a white nationalist leading a group of terrorist cells throughout the country, turning the property he buys into havens for his cause.

An angry Malone soon infiltrates Delaney's sprawling compound, killing the henchmen, including Madrid, to avenge Jamie's death.

Delaney retreats to his secret command center, where he tells Malone that he is part of a vast conspiracy of like-minded "patriots" who are buying up land and electing Congressmen to retake the country from "mongrels".

Malone proceeds to kill Delaney and blow up his compound, then walks away, burning his Virginia driver's license.

The New York Times wrote "There is nothing at all new in" the book "but Mr. Wingate tells his story very well, and there is something in all of us that responds joyously to the sight of an avenging angel destroying bullies and the forces of evil.

I am an ex-CIA man whose car breaks down in a small town who then gets close to a family and attempts to battle a Lyndon LaRouche character played by Cliff [Robertson].