| Sitting Target | |
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| Directed by | Douglas Hickox |
| Produced by | Barry Kulick |
| Written by | Alexander Jacobs |
| Based on | novel by Laurence Henderson |
| Starring | Oliver Reed Jill St. John Ian McShane Edward Woodward Freddie Jones Frank Finlay |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
| Cinematography | Edward Scaife |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Sitting Target, also known as Screaming Target,[1] is a 1972 British film directed by Douglas Hickox and mainly shot in various locations in London, including the Winstanley and York Road Estates. It stars Oliver Reed, Ian McShane and Jill St. John and was based on the 1970 novel by Laurence Henderson.
Plot
Harry Lomart, a convicted murderer, and Birdy Williams are convicts planning a breakout. Before the two men can abscond to another country, Lomart gets word that his wife Pat has been having an affair with another man and has become pregnant.
The two men had made plans to lie low after their escape from jail, but Lomart decides to find and kill his wife and the man she has been seeing. A police inspector, Milton, is the man assigned to catch the two escaped convicts.
Cast
- Oliver Reed as Harry Lomart
- Jill St. John as Pat Lomart
- Ian McShane as Birdy Williams
- Edward Woodward as Inspector Milton
- Frank Finlay as Marty Gold
- Freddie Jones as MacNeil
- Jill Townsend as Maureen
- Robert Beatty as Gun Dealer
- Tony Beckley as Soapy Tucker
- Mike Pratt as Prison Warder Accomplice
- Robert Russell as First Prison Warder
- Joe Cahill as Second Prison Warder
- Robert Ramsey as Gun Dealer's Bodyguard
- June Brown as Lomart's Neighbour
Production
Douglas Hickox was signed to direct in July 1971.[2] Filming started in September 1971.[3]
Due to restrictions about filming in British prisons, the prisons sequences were filmed in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin.[4] The Winstanley and York Road Estates in Battersea feature extremely prominently throughout the film as the setting for many of the action sequences of the main protagonist.[5][6]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Stanley Myers. It was released by Finders Keepers Records in 2007.
Notes
- ^ http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SCREAMING-TARGET-original-OLIVER-REED-CULT-CLASSIC-WOW-/230541716567
- ^ Beth Brickell in Star Role Murphy, Mary. Los Angeles Times 24 July 1971: a7.
- ^ Unding-a-ling Role for Jill St. John Los Angeles Times 5 August 1971: g9.
- ^ p. 298 Filmfacts, Volume 15 Division of Cinema of the University of Southern California, 1972
- ^ "The Winstanley Plays Itself".
- ^ "Cinematic Depictions of Battersea".
External links
- Sitting Target at IMDb
- Sitting Target at Rotten Tomatoes
- New York Times review
- Sitting Target at Trailers from Hell