Details

Release year: 1972

Storyline

Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.

Top credits

Directors

Douglas Hickox

Writers

Cast

Oliver Reed — Harry Lomart
Jill St. John — Pat Lomart
Ian McShane — Birdy Williams
Edward Woodward — Inspector Milton

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Did you know

• The prison sequences were filmed in the abandoned Kilmainham Jail in Dublin, which was also used for " The Italian Job" and " McVicar".

• "Sitting Target" was one of the first British films to be given an "X" certificate (which prohibited under 18s) for its violence alone. In spite of that, the B.B.F.C required a few cuts to be made before allowing the film to be released.

• The Mauser Schnellfeuer with telescopic sight used by Oliver Reed was created by Bapty & Co., a British company that provided prop guns to the film industry in the U.K. The same Mauser prop gun was used in "Brannigan (1975) and The Disappearance (1977).