Hit Man (film)

Hit Man

Theatrical release poster
Directed by George Armitage
Produced by Gene Corman
Written by Ted Lewis
Screenplay by George Armitage
Based on Jack's Return Home 
by Ted Lewis
Starring Bernie Casey
Pam Grier
Lisa Moore
Production
company
Penelope Productions, Inc.
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Release dates
  • December 20, 1972
Running time
90 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Hit Man is a 1972 American crime film directed by George Armitage and starring Bernie Casey, Pam Grier and Lisa Moore.[1] It is based on the Ted Lewis novel Jack's Return Home, more famously adapted as Get Carter, with the action relocated from England to the United States.

Plot

Oakland hitman Tyrone Tackett (Bernie Casey) comes home to southern California for the funeral of his brother Cornell. Cornell left behind his wild daughter Rochelle (Candy All), who rejects Tyrone's offer to live with him. Tyrone befriends his late brother’s business partner, Sherwood Epps (Sam Laws), and stays in town to investigate his brother's death. He is threatened by gangsters who tell him to leave town, but they've threatened the wrong man.

Cast

Reception

The film earned an estimated $1,190,000 in North American rentals in 1973.[2]

References

  1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36578
  2. "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 60

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