''The Hitter'' is a 1979 American

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directed by Christopher Leitch and written by Christopher Leitch and Ben Harris. The film stars

Ron O'Neal Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 – January 14, 2004) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film '' Super Fly'' (1972) and its seq ...

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, Dorothi Fox and Alfie Brown. The film was released in February 1979, by Peppercorn-Wormser Film Enterprises.

Plot

An ex-professional boxer who killed a man in the ring (O'Neal) tries to make a new start when teaming up with a fast talking but ageing hoodlum (Caeser) and an ex-call girl (Frazier) but soon get more than they bargained for when crossing an adversary from their past.

Cast

as Otis *

as Lola *

as Nathan *

as "Louisiana Slim" * Dorothi Fox as Mabel * Alfie Brown as Sadie * Percy Thomas as Bootblack * Dana Terrell as Charlotte * Dee Porter as Gretchen * Gidget Pascale as Lucille * Carla Ness as Esther * Roux Forrest as Roux * Lisa Venables as Bridgette

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* * 1979 films Blaxploitation films American action films 1979 action films Films set in Baltimore Films shot in Baltimore 1979 directorial debut films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Christopher Leitch 1970s American films {{1970s-action-film-stub