Hit List (1989 film)
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| Hit List | |
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 United States video release poster. | |
| Directed by | William Lustig |
| Written by | Peter Brosnan John F. Goff |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | James Lemmo Vincent J. Rabe |
| Music by | Garry Schyman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hit List is a 1989 action-thriller film directed by William Lustig.[1] The tagline for the movie was: "They attacked the wrong woman... They kidnapped the wrong child... And they made the wrong man their target." The film was produced by Cinetel Films and was distributed in US theaters by New Line Cinema and in Canadian theaters by Cineplex Odeon Films and on VHS format by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, but has been out of print for some time. As of December 26, 2009, Sony has not announced any plans to release a DVD of the movie.
Gangster boss Vic Luca (Rip Torn) is scheduled to appear in court and so hires a hit man/shoe salesman Chris Caleek (Lance Henriksen) to kill the witnesses. He has a mole in the police force who tells him names and locations of the witnesses. Unfortunately, during the last hit, the professional killer enters the wrong house. When owner Jack Collins comes home, he finds his pregnant wife unconscious in the kitchen, his friend dead in the living room and his son kidnapped. Wanting Luca to believe he has the real witness' son, the authorities take Collins into custody. But Collins manages to escape and takes things into his own hands.