Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Point Blank
1967
***½
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, Lloyd Bochner, Michael Strong

A tough and nihilistic crime film about a gangster who seeks revenge on a man who took his money and left him to die. Lee Marvin is appropriately cool as this brutal and cynical good bad guy. Based on Richard Stark's novel "The Hunter". Remade as Payback in 1999.