Portrait of a Hitman

Portrait of a Hitman is a 1979 American crime drama film directed by Allan A. Buckhantz and starring Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Bo Svenson, Ann Turkel, Richard Roundtree.^[3][4] The film was released in France in 1979 and in the US in 1984. In 2002 and 2006, the film was re-released on DVD.^[5][6]

Portrait of a Hitman
DVD cover
Directed by	Allan A. Buckhantz
Screenplay by	Yabo Yablonsky
Produced by	Andrzej Krakowski, James R. Rokos
Starring	Jack Palance,[1] Rod Steiger, Bo Svenson, Ann Turkel, Richard Roundtree
Cinematography	Charles Correll
Edited by	Michael Ripps
Music by	Laurence Rosenthal[2]
Production companies	Program Hunters Inc., Wildfire Productions
Distributed by	American National Enterprises, Cinépix Film Properties
Release dates	January 10, 1979 (1979-01-10) (France) January 1, 1984 (1984-01-01) (United States)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A ruthless professional hitman (Jack Palance) is invited to kill a brain surgeon (Bo Svenson). Later, it turns out, however, that both men not only know each other very well (the surgeon once saved the hitman's life) but also love the same woman (Ann Turkel). Can the killer fulfill the contract in this case?

Cast

• Jack Palance as Jim Buck
• Rod Steiger as Max Andreotti
• Richard Roundtree as Coco Morrell
• Bo Svenson as Dr. Bob Michaels
• Ann Turkel as Cathy
• Philip Ahn as Wong
• Herb Jeffries as Charlie