Hit Man (1972 film)

Hit Man
Theatrical release poster by John Solie
Directed byGeorge Armitage
Screenplay byGeorge Armitage
Based onJack's Return Home
by Ted Lewis
Produced byGene Corman
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Davis
Edited byMorton Tubor
Music byH.B. Barnum
Color processMetrocolor
Production
company
Penelope Productions
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.19 million (US rentals)[1]

Hit Man is a 1972 American crime film directed by George Armitage[2] and starring Bernie Casey, Pam Grier and Lisa Moore.[3] It is a blaxploitation-themed adaptation of Ted Lewis' 1970 novel Jack's Return Home, more famously adapted as Get Carter (1971), with the action relocated from England to the United States.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference variety was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Hit Man". Turner Classic Movies. United States: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Hit Man (1972) at BFI.org
  4. ^ Ted Lewis (1970). Jack's Return Home (1st ed.). United Kingdom: Michael Joseph Ltd. ISBN 978-0718107307.