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8 March 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
A Journey to Destiny [Australia Theatrical] morePlot:
Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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DVD Playhouse--May 2009 (From The Hollywood Interview. 11 May 2009, 11:22 PM, PDT)
DVD: Review: The Hit
(From The AV Club. 5 May 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
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The great lost Brit crime movie? moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Hurt | ... | Braddock | |
| Terence Stamp | ... | Willie Parker | |
| Tim Roth | ... | Myron | |
| Laura del Sol | ... | Maggie | |
| Bill Hunter | ... | Harry | |
| Fernando Rey | ... | Senior policeman | |
| Freddie Stuart | ... | First Man | |
| Ralph Brown | ... | Second Man | |
| A.J. Clarke | ... | Third Man | |
| Lennie Peters | ... | Mr. Corrigan | |
| Bernie Searle | ... | Hopwood (as Bernie Searl) | |
| Brian Royal | ... | Fellows | |
| Albie Woodington | ... | Riordan | |
| Willoughby Gray | ... | Judge | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | Barrister |
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Iceland:16 | Australia:MA (alternate rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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Joe Strummer was originally considered for the part of Myron, but his band mates (in The Clash) nixed the idea. Strummer then recommended Tim Roth for the part based on his appearance as "Trevor the Skinhead" in the TV movie Made in Britain (1982) (TV). "The Hit" was the 22 year old Roth's first theatrical feature and won him a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer. moreQuotes:
[a few minutes earlier, Maggie bit Braddock's hand and drew blood]Myron: Mr Braddock, d'you think we could stop for something to eat soon? I ain't had nothing all day and I'm really hungry. 'Spect I'm not the only one. Her too, she's probably hungry too.
Braddock: [drily] She's already eaten.
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Forget the flashy but empty "cor blimey guv" Brit crime movies of the last few years like 'Snatch' and 'Sexy Beast'. Apart from 'Croupier' and 'Gangster No. 1', most of them aren't worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as the brilliant but largely forgotten 'The Long Good Friday', 'Mona Lisa', and the most underrated of all, 'The Hit'. Terence Stamp, playing a character not too dissimilar from the one he later portrays in 'The Limey', is a former gangster who grassed up his criminal mates years earlier. Now living in semi-retirement in Spain he is unexpectedly kidnapped by two hoods (John Hurt and, in one of his earliest screen roles, Tim Roth) who plan on taking him to Paris and killing him as punishment for betraying the criminal code. Of course, things don't go quite as planned and along the way the sexy Laura del Sol gets forced against her will to accompany them. This is a very fresh and interesting film that is more character than action based so might not appeal to the Guy Ritchie crowd. It's their loss. Stamp is just brilliant and his interaction with Hurt and Roth makes this a must see movie. The supporting cast also includes the legendary Fernando Rey ('The French Connection') as the cop on their trail, and Aussie veteran Bill Hunter as a crim in the wrong place at the wrong time. 'The Hit' is one of the most overlooked British movies of the last twenty years, and highly recommend viewing for all discerning movie buffs.