Sitting Target

"The Hit Man never stops till he scores."

May 1 1972 R 1h 33m

Action, Crime, Drama

Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.

Plot

Escaped convicts Harry Lomart (Oliver Reed) and Birdy Williams (Ian McShane) are lying low before they prepare to skip the country. However, Lomart can't control his rage at being cheated by his wife, Pat (Jill St. John), whilst he was inside, so he decides to kill her and her secret lover before he goes. This causes all sorts of complications to their escape plans.

Written by

Laurence Henderson, Alexander Jacobs

Directed by

Douglas Hickox

Cast

Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian McShane

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers

Sitting Target (Original Theatrical Trailer)

Featurettes

Josh Olson on Sitting Target

Scores

# of Votes

1,701

Average Rating

6.6 out of 10

Metascore

Popularity

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