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Episode 154 - Sitting Target (1972)
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Reel Britannia podcast - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism.
Scott and Steven are joined this week by their dear friend Mark, host of The Good, The Bad and The Odd podcast, to discuss an overlooked movie from 1972 starring Oliver Reed, Edward Woodward, Ian McShane, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones and Jill St John.
Revenge, car chases, prison escapes...what more you could ask for?
Sitting Target (1972)
A killer has one more victim on his hit list – his faithless wife! Oliver Reed snarls and seethes his way through a brute-force 70’s crime thriller in the tradition of Get Carter.
Douglas Hickox, who would go on to helm such memorable films as Theatre of Blood and Zulu Dawn, brings his filmmaking intensity to a story of revenge set in a London as bleak and brooding as the prison from which convicted killer Harry Lomart (Reed) and his fellow inmate (Ian McShane) escape.
Once free, Harry sets out to exterminate his seductive wife (Jill St. John), who carries another man’s child. Armed with a handgun, fueled by rage, Harry draws closer to his sitting target. Also closing in: a police inspector (Edward Woodward), who’s determined to protect the hunted woman.
Reed and McShane – one grim, one voluble, and both steeped in violence -- make an intimidating tough-guy team.
"Bastard must be made out of concrete!"
You can find this and all our previous episodes everywhere you download your podcasts
Follow us on Twitter @rbritanniapod email: reelbritannia@gmail.com
#britmovie #reelbritannia #oliverreed #ianmcshane #edwardwoodward #frankfinlay #jillstjohn #sittingtarget #1972 #movie #podcast
Thanks for listening!
Scott and Steven
157 episodi
Manage episode 433610523 series 1487813
Reel Britannia podcast - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism.
Scott and Steven are joined this week by their dear friend Mark, host of The Good, The Bad and The Odd podcast, to discuss an overlooked movie from 1972 starring Oliver Reed, Edward Woodward, Ian McShane, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones and Jill St John.
Revenge, car chases, prison escapes...what more you could ask for?
Sitting Target (1972)
A killer has one more victim on his hit list – his faithless wife! Oliver Reed snarls and seethes his way through a brute-force 70’s crime thriller in the tradition of Get Carter.
Douglas Hickox, who would go on to helm such memorable films as Theatre of Blood and Zulu Dawn, brings his filmmaking intensity to a story of revenge set in a London as bleak and brooding as the prison from which convicted killer Harry Lomart (Reed) and his fellow inmate (Ian McShane) escape.
Once free, Harry sets out to exterminate his seductive wife (Jill St. John), who carries another man’s child. Armed with a handgun, fueled by rage, Harry draws closer to his sitting target. Also closing in: a police inspector (Edward Woodward), who’s determined to protect the hunted woman.
Reed and McShane – one grim, one voluble, and both steeped in violence -- make an intimidating tough-guy team.
"Bastard must be made out of concrete!"
You can find this and all our previous episodes everywhere you download your podcasts
Follow us on Twitter @rbritanniapod email: reelbritannia@gmail.com
#britmovie #reelbritannia #oliverreed #ianmcshane #edwardwoodward #frankfinlay #jillstjohn #sittingtarget #1972 #movie #podcast
Thanks for listening!
Scott and Steven
157 episodi
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