Hit Man

Hit Man is a 1972 American crime film directed by George Armitage and starring Bernie Casey, Pam Grier and Lisa Moore. It is a blaxploitation-themed adaptation of Ted Lewis' 1970 novel Jack's Return Home, more famously adapted as Get Carter (1971), with the action relocated from England to the United States. Plot Oakland hitman Tyrone Tackett (Bernie Casey) comes home to southern California for the funeral of his brother Cornell. Cornell left behind his wild daughter Rochelle (Candy All), who rejects Tyrone's offer to live with him. Tyrone befriends his late brother's business partner, Sherwood Epps (Sam Laws), and stays in town to investigate his brother's death. He is threatened by gangsters who tell him to leave town, but they've threatened the wrong man. Cast Bernie Casey as Tyrone Tackett Pam Grier as Gozelda Lisa Moore as Laural Garfoot Bhetty Waldron as Irvelle Way Sam Laws as Sherwood Epps Candy All as Rochelle Tackett Don Diamond as Nano Zito Edmund Cambridge as Theotis Oliver Bob Harris as Shag Merriweather Rudy Challenger as Julius Swift Tracy Ann-King as Nita Biggs Christopher Joy as Leon Roger E. Mosley as Baby Huey John Lupton as Commercial Director Paul Gleason as Cop