Characters & Themes
Hit Man (1972) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1972 · 90 mins · English
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- Directed by
- George Armitage
- Starring
- Roger E. Mosley, Paul Gleason, Carmen Argenziano, Pam Grier, Ed Cambridge, Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey stars as Tyrone, a relentless enforcer determined to please, while Pamela Grier plays a seductive adult‑film star in this first Americanized remake of Michael Caine’s iconic thriller Get Carter. The story sweeps from Watts to the West Side, through porn parlors, a high‑rise, motel dives, a crime kingpin’s lavish pleasure dome and even a wildlife preserve, as Tyrone claims territory, busts heads and leaves a trail of violence behind him.
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