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Point Blank

  • 19671967
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  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Point Blank (1967)
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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.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
21K
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POPULARITY
8,564
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    • Director
      • John Boorman
    • Writers
      • Alexander Jacobs(screenplay)
      • David Newhouse(screenplay)
      • Rafe Newhouse(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Lee Marvin
      • Angie Dickinson
      • Keenan Wynn
    Top credits
    • Director
      • John Boorman
    • Writers
      • Alexander Jacobs(screenplay)
      • David Newhouse(screenplay)
      • Rafe Newhouse(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Lee Marvin
      • Angie Dickinson
      • Keenan Wynn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 176User reviews
    • 105Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
    • 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)
    Angie Dickinson and John Vernon in Point Blank (1967)
    Angie Dickinson in Point Blank (1967)
    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(screenplay)
      • David Newhouse(screenplay)
      • Rafe Newhouse(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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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 reviews176

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    Point Blank contains inspiring visuals, a haunting soundtrack and some stunning acting. Fabulous, groundbreaking cinema.
    In the wake of his Cannes Best Director award for The General, Boorman's stunning debut has been released with a new print. Unrelentingly downbeat, this stylish crime thriller made in 1967 seems to have fuelled virtually Elmore Leonard novel.

    Steely, panther-like hitman Walker (marvellous Marvin) has been fitted up, shot at and had $93,0000 stolen from him all because of ex-pal Mal Reese (John Vernon). A tad upset he decides to resurrects himself, with the help of the shadowy Yost (Keenan Wynn) for revenge and his payment.

    Boorman greets us with a five-minute sequence that is crammed with curious camera angles, fractured time-lines and carefully constructed compositions. We're bombarded by a montage of piercingly violent images blended together with fragments of a failed heist on Alcatraz Island and a pair of slugs ripping into Walker's body. We're only privy to these flash snippets of information, but they're still enough to help us empathise with Marvin's masterly obsessive.

    A year or two later Walker is on a tourist boat trip to Alcatraz, being propositioned by Yost. The creepy Yost knows where Mal and his Walker ex-wife Lynne (Sharon Acker) are and is willing to reveal this to him, just as long as he receives some information on a shadowy body called "The Organisation". Walker simply nods. His dialogue is minimal, his obsession is reflected through his curt questions, his sudden movements, his eyes and the flashbacks that haunt him.

    When he catches up with his cheating ex-wife he allows her to talk uninterrupted in a desperate, forlorn monotone - "He's gone. Cold. Moved out," she says. Walker barely takes it in, all that motivates him is the thought, "Somebody's gotta to pay."

    While others flounder, Marvin appears impenetrable like one of Sergio Leone's cowboys. Only Clint Eastwood never conveyed this much emotion in his movements.

    Boorman's seminal film preceded the spate of fabulous paranoia flicks that enriched 70s American cinema – The Conversation, The Parallax View, All The President's Men – where a shadowy "Organisation" pulls the nation's strings. Tarantino has since appropriated this organisation theme on a small-time level, plagarising the black suits and the unwavering professionalism of the violence. De Niro's ex-con in Jackie Brown is based on Marvin's Walker, as are countless other performances.

    Even Angie Dickinson, playing Lynne's sister Chris, leaves him cold. In a remarkable scene she resorts to repeatedly slamming Walker's immovable slab of a chest. He remains impregnable, emotionally void. She keeps on punching until she finally collapses on the floor in a heap. They finally make love, only for the isolation, the loss of identity, to continue. Is he an avenging angel? Is he there at all?

    "Hey, what's my last name?" asks a post-coital Chris. "What's my first name?" he deadpans, answering a question with another question. Always seeking answers, never providing them. No love left in him, only a need for payment.

    Point Blank contains inspiring visuals, a haunting soundtrack and some stunning acting. Fabulous, groundbreaking cinema. --Ben Walsh
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    FAQ1

    • Is the 1999 Mel Gibson movie "Payback" a remake of the 1967 movie "Point Blank" with Lee Marvin ?

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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
      • Big John Motors - 8855 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, USA
    • 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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