Hit Lady (1974)
“She never misses”
At a Texas barbecue, a pretty woman chats up a wealthy rancher, and soon they're off on a horseback ride. Before she shoots him on an isolated road, she gives him a minute to reflect on who he might have offended on his rise to the top. She's Angela de Vries, a contract killer based in L.A. She wants this to have been her last job; her contractor wants one more death, a national union leader, made to look like an accident. She starts her homework on this mark. Meanwhile, in her private life, she's in love with a budding photographer. Is there any way that she can get out of the game and have a full love life?
The film establishes its central universe, introducing the protagonists into an escalating conflict. Directed by Tracy Keenan Wynn, this opening movement establishes high visual and thematic stakes that set the narrative journey into motion.
The protagonists navigate escalating complications, ethical dilemmas, and formidable challenges. Starring Yvette Mimieux, Joseph Campanella, Clu Gulager, the middle act intensifies dramatic momentum toward an inevitable turning point.
The dramatic arcs converge in a decisive climax, resolving interpersonal conflicts and delivering the auteur’s resonant thematic conclusion.
Yvette Mimieux
as Angela de Vries
Joseph Campanella
as Jeffrey Baine
Clu Gulager
as Roarke
Dack Rambo
as Doug Reynolds
Keenan Wynn
as Buddy McCormack
Roy Jenson
as Eddie
Paul Genge
as Webb
Del Monroe
as Hansen
Mitzi Hoag
as Woman at Airport
Sam Edwards
as Innkeeper
Leslie McRay
as WaitressFrancisco Ortega
as WaiterCinematographic negative, aspect ratios & laboratory mastering sheet
| Aspect Ratios | 2.39:1 |
|---|---|
| Camera Systems | Arri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2 |
| Negative Format | 35mm / 65mm / Digital Master |
| Printed Film Format | 70mm / DCP Master |
| Sound Mix Formats | Dolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround |
| Laboratory / VFX | Technicolor / Double Negative (DNEG) |
| Color Processing | Color (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering) |
| Official Runtime | 72 min |
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