Prime Cut comes from director Michael Ritchie and writer Robert Dillon, featuring Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, and Janit Baldwin. Lalo Schifrin handled the music, with cinematography by Gene Polito. The story centers on a ruthless Kansas City slaughterhouse owner (Hackman) and his family embroiled in a violent conflict with a Chicago crime syndicate concerning profits fr…

Let's discuss a film that really stood out when it was released. Prime Cut. Featuring Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and Sissy Spacek, this 1972 movie is eighty-eight minutes of strange, pulpy entertainment – blending exploitation elements with a tough, crime story. Michael Ritchie directed Prime Cut; he didn’t have many other significant credits (though The Candidate, also from 1972, might be an exception), and …