A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in love with the same woman.
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Title: Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
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| Jack Palance | ... | Jim Buck | |
| Rod Steiger | ... | Max Andreotti | |
| Bo Svenson | ... | Dr. Bob Michaels | |
| Ann Turkel | ... | Cathey | |
| Richard Roundtree | ... | Coco Morrell | |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Wong | |
| Herb Jeffries | ... | Charlie Blue | |
| Conrad Bachmann | ... | George | |
| John Dresden | ... | Volsted | |
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Ed Ness | ... | Captain Ned |
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Garrison True | ... | Joe |
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Carla Haley | ... | Della |
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Gloria Lynn Dyer | ... | Nurse Grogg |
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Monica Peterson | ... | Mrs. Roberts |
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Robert Starks | ... | Louie |
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A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in love with the same woman.
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January 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Written and Produced by Homer Banks and Chuck Brooks
Performed by Julie Inouye, Linda Little and Deborah James Chang
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Philip Ahn's final movie. See more »Soundtracks
Reachin' OutWritten and Produced by Homer Banks and Chuck Brooks
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This movie sounded to me exciting because I like films about hitman and stuff like this. But his film has a boring story and I only watched it half before I fell asleep