Hit Man -1972
Director
José Giovanni

Writer
José Giovanni also novel

Producers
Ralph Baum producer
Raymond Danon executive producer

Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo – Roberto Borgo
Claudia Cardinale – Georgia Saratov
Michel Constantin – Xavier Saratov
Enrique Lucero – Le Mexicain/Migli
Alain Mottet – Ficelle
Michel Peyrelon – L’élégant
Philippe Brizard – Fanfan
Marie-Claude Mestral – Une prostituée
Aldo Bufi Landi – Jeannot Villanova
Luciano Catenacci – (as Luciano Lorcas)
Lucie Arnold – (as Luci Arnold)
Albert Augier
Bruno Balp – L’inspecteur à la morgue
Paul Beauvais
Gabriel Briand
Pierre Collet
Jacques Brunet
Pierre Danny – Le sergent démineur
Jacques Debary – Carl
Gérard Depardieu – Un homme de main/Burglar
Marc Eyraud – Bonaventure
Andréa Ferréol – La prostituée en colère
Jean Gemin
Henri Lambert – Le joueur coléreux
Jacques Marchand –
Jean-Claude Michel –
Giancarlo Pannese –
Jacques Rispal – Le concessionnaire de cercueils
Hervé Sand – Le racketteur
Henri Vilbert – Le gardien Graville
Nicolas Vogel – Grégoire
Dominique Zardi – Un prisonnier

Review by Theo Robertson

Hit Man (1972/I)

This Sure Is Funky Fun Momma,
A blaxploitation version of GET CARTER ! Maybe I should hate this movie and maybe I do , however it is a very entertaining film in a slightly offensive and highly patronizing way . Did you know director/screenwriter George Armitage is white ? It probably shows as Tyrone Tackett ( At least he`s not called Jefferson or Washington ) arrives at his brother`s funeral wearing a purple catsuit and a floppy hat ( ! ) . Oh and mourners at a black person`s funeral console the bereaved with lines like ” Yo , your brother was a real funky dude ” ( !! ) and all black people address each other as ” Momma ” ” Cat ” and ” Bro ” ( !!! ) , you really do get the impression that Mr Armitage has never met a black person in real life

Despite all this I wish to repeat this is a highly entertaining movie because of its extremely dated stereotypes and at no time did I feel myself comparing it to the original British gangster classic , unlike the recent Sly Stallone remake