After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

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Point Blank (1967)

There are two kinds of people in his up-tight world: his victims and his women. And sometimes you can't tell them apart.

★ 7.1/10 August 30, 1967 92 min

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Director: John Boorman  ·  Writers: Rafe Newhouse, Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse, John Boorman

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

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Cast

Lee Marvin Lee Marvin Walker Angie Dickinson Angie Dickinson Chris John Vernon John Vernon Mal Reese Keenan Wynn Keenan Wynn Yost Carroll O'Connor Carroll O'Connor Brewster Lloyd Bochner Lloyd Bochner Frederick Carter Michael Strong Michael Strong Stegman Sharon Acker Sharon Acker Lynne James B. Sikking James B. Sikking Hired Gun Sandra Warner Sandra Warner Waitress Roberta Haynes Roberta Haynes Mrs. Carter Kathleen Freeman Kathleen Freeman First Citizen

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John Chard
John Chard August 22, 2015
★ 9/10

You're a very bad man, Walker, a very destructive man! Point Blank is directed by John Boorman and collectively adapted to screenplay by Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse and Rafe Newhouse from the novel The Hunter written by Richard Stark. It stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, Lloyd Bochner and Michael Strong. Music is by Johnny Mandel and the Panavision cinematography (in Metrocolor) is by Philip H. Lathrop. Betrayed by wife and friend during a robbery, Walker (Marvin) is left dying on a stone cold cell floor at closed down Alcatraz... Pure neo-noir, a film that could be argued was ahead of its time, given that it wouldn't find a fan base until many years later. Yet it deserves to be bracketed as a benchmark for the second phase of noir, a shining light of the neo world, experimenting with techniques whilst beating a true film noir heart. The s…