Point Blank is a 1967 crime film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson, adapted from the classic pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark. Boorman directed the film at Marvin's request and Marvin played a central role in the film's development and staging. The plot centers on the implacable and remorseless Walker (Marvin). The character is named Parker in the novel. Walker is double-crossed and abandoned by his friend, Reese (John Vernon's first major role). After taking all the cash robbed from a courier in a large gambling operation, Reese shoots his partner Walker multiple times, and leaves him apparently for dead. In a double-double-cross, Reese also makes off with Walker's wife, (Sharon Acker).