Hitman {1972} [Starring Bernie Casey & Pam Grier] (American Get Carter adapted from the same script that became Get Carter and started shooting before it finished)

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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 the 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 ] Plot Tyrone Tackett, a former police officer, returns to Los Angeles to investigate the suspicious death of his brother, Cornell. Cornell's girlfriend, prostitute Irvelle Way, denies knowledge about Cornell's death, but Tyrone insists she attend the funeral for further questioning. At Cornell's house, Tyrone notices he is being followed by two men, Baby Huey and Leon. He finds Cornell's shotgun but not his teenage daughter, Rochelle. At the funeral, he learns Cornell died from drowning after driving off the road while drunk. Rochelle refuses Tyrone's offer to live with him. Irvelle’s presence at the funeral sparks animosity in Rochelle, prompting Tyrone to threaten Irvelle for the truth. Tyrone, joined by Cornell’s business partner Sherwood Epps, revisits Cornell's home. They drink heavily, and Sherwood offers Tyrone a car if he helps repossess it. At t…

Directors & creators

KonCategoryIII

Subjects

Bernie Casey

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