Hit [Reino Unido] [DVD]

A federal agent, Nick Allen (Billy Dee Williams), whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose, is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He organizes a small independent task force of mercenaries to travel to France in order to kill the nine leaders of a Marseille drug syndicate. The motley crew of angry American citizens includes construction worker Mike Willmer (Richard Pryor); prostitute Sherry Nielson (Gwen Welles); rogue cop, Dutch Schiller (Warren J. Kemmerling); college professor Barry Strong (Paul Hampton) and the kindly elderly Jewish couple, Ida (Janet Brandt) and Herman (Sid Melton), who want to inflict Old Testament vengeance on the union. Photographed by legendary cinematographer, John A. Alonzo (Chinatown) with a beautiful score by Lalo Schifrin (Dirty Harry). Directed by Sidney J. Furie (The Ipcress File).