Sitting Target (1972)
- Starring:
- Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, (more)
- Director(s):
- Douglas Hickox
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Synopsis of Sitting Target
In between gigs writing two of the first films from director John Boorman and the sequel to The French Connection (1971), writer Alexander Jacobs adapted this bloody, violent drama from a pulp crime novel. Oliver Reed stars as Harry Lomart, a dangerous convict who's been planning a breakout with a fellow inmate, Birdy Williams (Ian McShane). Before the two men can abscond, word comes that Harry's wife Pat (Jill St. John) has been having an affair with another man and has become pregnant with the man's child. That brings the total number of scores that Harry's got to settle once he's on the outside up to two. After a spectacular escape, the pair of hardened criminals are supposed to lie low until it's safe for them to leave the country, but a furious Harry won't allow his wife to get away with her betrayal, and he sets out to find and kill her, as well as her lover. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Sitting Target
- Oliver Reed - Harry Lomart
- Ian McShane - Birdy Williams
- Frank Finlay - Marty Gold
- Robert Beatty - Gun Dealer
- Jill Townsend - Maureen
- Susan Shaw - Girl In Truck
- Robert Russell - Prison Warder No. 1
- June Brown - Lomart's Neighbor
- Jill St. John - Pat Lomart
- Edward Woodward - Inspector Milton
- Freddie Jones - MacNeil
- Tony Beckley - Soapy Tucker
- Maggie Maxwell - Irate Mother
- Joe Cahill - Prison Warder No. 2
- Mike Pratt - Prison Warder Accomplice
- Director(s):
- Douglas Hickox
- Writer(s):
- Alexander Jacobs
- Producer(s):
- Barry Kulick
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children)
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