Point Blank is a 1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson, adapted from the noir crime pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark. Boorman directed the film at Marvin's request and Marvin played a central role in the film's development and staging. The film was not a box office success in 1967 but has since gone on to become a cult classic, eliciting praise from such critics as film historian David Thomson. Walker – originally named "Parker" in Stark's novel – works together with his friend Mal Reese ... to steal a large amount of cash from a courier transporting funds for a major gambling operation, with the deserted Alcatraz island as a drop point. Reese then double-crosses Walker by shooting him, leaving him for dead. Reese also makes off with Walker's wife Lynne . Walker recovers. With assistance from the mysterious Yost , who seems to know everything about everybody, Walker sets out to find Reese, take his revenge and recover the $93,000 he is owed.
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| Release date: | August 30, 1967 |
| Directed by: | John Boorman |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Judd Bernard, Robert Chartoff |
| Editor: | Henry Berman |
| Music by: | Johnny Mandel |
| Cinematography: | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Screenplay by: | David Newhouse, Alexander Jacobs, Rafe Newhouse |
| Estimated budget: | $3,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Hunter |
| Genre: | Thriller |