Direct Hit | |
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Directed by | Joseph Merhi |
Written by | Jacobsen Hart |
Produced by | Joseph Merhi Richard Pepin |
Starring | William Forsythe Jo Champa Richard Norton John Aprea Juliet Landau George Segal |
Cinematography | Thomas L. Callaway |
Edited by | Charles Bornstein |
Music by | Marc Bonilla |
Distributed by | Heller Highwater Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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After informing his CIA handlers that his next hit will be his last, John Hatch (Forsythe) discovers that his target isn't a criminal at all. Refusing to take the woman out, Hatch instead takes it upon himself to protect her and expose the web of corruption at work.
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