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Point Blank

  • 1967
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Point Blank (1967)
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CrimeDramaThriller

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.

  • Director
    • John Boorman
  • Writers
    • Alexander Jacobs
    • David Newhouse
    • Rafe Newhouse
  • Stars
    • Lee Marvin
    • Angie Dickinson
    • Keenan Wynn
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    22K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,803
    1,034
    • Director
      • John Boorman
    • Writers
      • Alexander Jacobs
      • David Newhouse
      • Rafe Newhouse
    • Stars
      • Lee Marvin
      • Angie Dickinson
      • Keenan Wynn
    • 184User reviews
    • 110Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Point Blank
    Trailer 2:48
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    Lee Marvin, John Vernon, and Sharon Acker in Point Blank (1967)
    Lee Marvin and Sharon Acker in Point Blank (1967)
    Lee Marvin, John Vernon, and Sharon Acker in Point Blank (1967)
    Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin, and Carroll O'Connor in Point Blank (1967)
    Angie Dickinson and Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967)
    Angie Dickinson and John Vernon in Point Blank (1967)
    Point Blank (1967)
    Point Blank (1967)
    Point Blank (1967)
    Lee Marvin and Sharon Acker in Point Blank (1967)
    Angie Dickinson and Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967)
    Angie Dickinson in Point Blank (1967)

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    Lee Marvin
    Lee Marvin
    • Walker
    Angie Dickinson
    Angie Dickinson
    • Chris
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Yost
    Carroll O'Connor
    Carroll O'Connor
    • Brewster
    Lloyd Bochner
    Lloyd Bochner
    • Frederick Carter
    Michael Strong
    Michael Strong
    • Stegman
    John Vernon
    John Vernon
    • Mal Reese
    Sharon Acker
    Sharon Acker
    • Lynne
    James Sikking
    James Sikking
    • Hired Gun
    Sandra Warner
    • Waitress
    Roberta Haynes
    Roberta Haynes
    • Mrs. Carter
    Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman
    • First Citizen
    Victor Creatore
    • Carter's Man
    Lawrence Hauben
    • Car Salesman
    Susan Holloway
    • Girl Customer
    Sid Haig
    Sid Haig
    • 1st Penthouse Lobby Guard
    Michael Bell
    Michael Bell
    • 2nd Penthouse Lobby Guard
    Priscilla Boyd
    • Receptionist
    • Director
      • John Boorman
    • Writers
      • Alexander Jacobs
      • David Newhouse
      • Rafe Newhouse
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Lee Marvin didn't think John Vernon was good for the role, as the actor "wasn't strong enough to contend with him"; and during filming, Marvin punched Vernon in the stomach during a fight scene, causing Vernon to cry out and protest that he was an actor, not a fighter. But Vernon followed it with a visibly-increased energy and anger.
    • Goofs
      After Chris leaves Walker in her apartment, Reese is shown standing and staring through a large plate glass window as though he is looking outside, but the reflection of a red camera light can be seen in the glass.
    • Quotes

      Chris: Hey. What's my last name?

      Walker: [pause] What's my first name?

    • Crazy credits
      introducing JOHN VERNON

      and SHARON ACKER
    • Connections
      Featured in Lionpower from MGM (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Mighty Good Times
      by Stu Gardner

      sung by The Stu Gardner Trio

    User reviews184

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    Featured review
    "I want my $93,000!"
    Love it, great film.

    For one thing, POINT BLANK, directed by British director John Boorman, has all the good looks of the various movements of the European New Wave, but walks the walk and talks the talk of an American thriller, and I mean that as a good thing. Boorman's brilliantly composed combination of European artfulness with film-noir elements make for an exceptionally rich and multi-layered crime thriller.

    Lee Marvin, in typically emotionless fashion, is the remorseless Walker who, after pulling off a successful heist from the mob, is double-crossed, shot and left for dead in the now abandoned Alcatraz prison by his wife (Sharon Acker) and his partner-in-crime (John Vernon). Walker survives, escapes and moves to LA, where he kills his way up the ladder of a vaguely defined organized crime syndicate called "The Organization", hardly distinguishable from a legitimate cooperate business, in order to get his $93,000, occasionally aided by his sister, Chris (a great Angie Dickinson), who seems to know Walker's targets pretty well.

    Philip Wisethrop's widescreen compositions are absolutely stunning. One of the most impressive scenes is when Walker is fighting two hoods in a nightclub, against a swirling psychedelic backdrop, to the strains of the R&B houseband, with its black singer hysterically shouting letting the mostly white clientèle shout with him in his microphone. But every scene is a marvel to watch, with every detail painstakingly composed without getting stiff or forced in any way. Even the car windows are almost unrealistically spotless, in order to film Walker through the glass with the reflections of the city on his face.

    The film is packed with all kinds of surreal surroundings and lots of flashbacks concerning Walker's past. Boorman's games with narrative time, with extensive use of echoing flashbacks and jump-cuts, are the perfect reflection of Walker's dream-like struggle for justice, He's the typical tragic (noir)-hero, in a perpetual struggle to grasp what happened to him. He desperately tries to comprehend the situation he's in, but hasn't got a clue who's who and his outdated moral codes make him seem an even bigger anomaly in the modern corporate world he works his way into.

    Whether this is all actually happening or it's all a mind-spin inside Walker's head is impossible to say. Best to enjoy the ride in this true genre classic, definitely one of the best American thrillers of the '60s. If you get the chance, watch it together with Melville's LE SAMOURAI (1967) and Seijun Suzuki's BRANDED TO KILL (1967), in many ways its French and Japanese counterparts.

    Camera Obscura --- 9/10
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    • Camera-Obscura
    • Feb 9, 2007

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    • Why does Lynne's apartment change?
    • Is the 1999 Mel Gibson movie "Payback" a remake of the 1967 movie "Point Blank" with Lee Marvin ?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 31, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Brisani prostor
    • Filming locations
      • Huntley House, Santa Monica Beach - 1111 2nd Street, Santa Monica, California, USA(the building Mal Reece's penthouse is located, and Chris comes to visit)
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Winkler Films
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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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