Hit [Hit]

Sidney J. Furie (director)
Alan Trustman, David M. Wolf (screenwriters)
Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton, Gwen Welles (starring)

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film.

Nick (Williams) is a federal agent tracking down a heroin ring, with the help of a few recruits he's trained, and seeking revenge for his deceased daughter. Prostitution, Vietnam War vets, and a Jewish ex-con make the nearly three-hour hit an explosive dose of action.

Set in France, shot on location there and in Washington, Illinois and California.

Stiff blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated May 20, 1972, with credits for screenwriter Trustman and property owners Furis and Trustman. 121 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Xerographic duplication, with photocopied punch holes to a few pages. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with a silver prong binding.

Parish and Hill 112.
Howard, Blaxploitation Cinema, p. 51, 151.


[Book #138687]