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Point Blank (1967 film): Themes, Legacy & Literary Connections

Point Blank is a 1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin, co-starring Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn and Carroll O'Connor, and adapted from the 1962 crime noir pulp novel The Hunter, the first in the Parker series of crime novels written by Donald E. Westlake under the nom de plume of Richard Stark. Boorman directed the film…

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Point Blank (1967 film) topic overview

The analysis highlights Themes, Legacy and Literary Connections as prominent areas in the source structure around Point Blank (1967 film).

Related topics
63
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
71
Extracted relationships
19
Concept neighborhoods
17
Bridge connections
71

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 16 topics
Production · 12 topics
Reception · 11 topics
Legacy · 10 topics
Cast · 6 topics
Plot · 3 topics
Themes · 3 topics
Style · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Based on
The Hunter 1963 novel by Richard Stark
Box office
$9 million (rentals)
Budget
$2.5 million
Cinematography
Philip H. Lathrop
Country
United States
Directed by
John Boorman

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Reception

Themes

Style

Legacy

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Point Blank (1967 film) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Point Blank (1967 film) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Point Blank (1967 film) → Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse, Rafe Newhouse Another extracted example is Point Blank (1967 film) → Judd Bernard, Robert Chartoff. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Point Blank (1967 film)

Top relations

Screenplay by · 3
Point Blank (1967 film) → Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse, Rafe Newhouse
Produced by · 2
Point Blank (1967 film) → Judd Bernard, Robert Chartoff
Based on · 1
Point Blank (1967 film) → The Hunter 1963 novel by Richard Stark
Box office · 1
Point Blank (1967 film) → $9 million (rentals)
Budget · 1
Point Blank (1967 film) → $2.5 million
Cinematography · 1
Point Blank (1967 film) → Philip H. Lathrop
Country · 1
Point Blank (1967 film) → United States
Directed by · 1
Point Blank (1967 film) → John Boorman
Distributed by · 1
Point Blank (1967 film) → Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Edited by · 1
Point Blank (1967 film) → Henry Berman

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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Point Blank (1967 film) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 19 structured relationships around Point Blank (1967 film). Examples in this analysis include Point Blank (1967 film) → Based on → The Hunter 1963 novel by Richard Stark and Point Blank (1967 film) → Box office → $9 million (rentals). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Point Blank (1967 film)Based onThe Hunter 1963 novel by Richard Stark1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Box office$9 million (rentals)1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Budget$2.5 million1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)CinematographyPhilip H. Lathrop1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)CountryUnited States1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Directed byJohn Boorman1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Edited byHenry Berman1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Music byJohnny Mandel1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Produced byJudd Bernard1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Produced byRobert Chartoff1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Production companyJudd Bernard-Irwin Winkler Production1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Release dateAugust 30, 1967 (1967-08-30) (SF premiere)1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Running time92 minutes1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Screenplay byAlexander Jacobs1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Screenplay byDavid Newhouse1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)Screenplay byRafe Newhouse1.00infobox
Point Blank (1967 film)StarringLee Marvin1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Point Blank (1967 film) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Point, Film and Director. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Point Blank (1967 film)
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    • Film
    • Director
    • Marvin
    • Lee
    • Based
    • Critics
    • Movie
    • John
    • Boorman
    • Directed
    • Starring
  • point blank (1967 film)
    • Point
    • Film
    • Director
    • Boorman
    • Marvin
    • Lee
    • Based
    • Critics
    • Movie
    • John
    • Thomson
    • Shot
  • crime film
    • Point
    • Boorman
    • Marvin
    • Critics
    • Thomson
    • Shot
    • Director
    • Lee
    • David
    • First
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    • One
  • john boorman
    • Marvin
    • Director
    • Starring
    • Boorman
    • John
    • Lee
    • Angie
    • Dickinson
    • Hunter
    • Film
    • Script
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  • lee marvin
    • Marvin
    • Script
    • Starring
    • Point
    • Angie
    • Based
    • Dickinson
    • Hunter
    • Production
    • Acker
    • Marvin's
    • Winkler
  • national film registry
    • Point
    • Boorman
    • Marvin
    • Critics
    • Thomson
    • Shot
    • Director
    • Lee
    • David
    • First
    • Marvin's
    • One
  • john vernon
    • Director
    • Starring
    • Boorman
    • Lee
    • Angie
    • Dickinson
    • Hunter
    • See
    • Marvin
    • Point
    • Based
    • David
  • 1967 national society of film critics awards
    • Point
    • Boorman
    • Shot
    • Marvin
    • Director
    • Critics
    • Film
    • Thomson
    • Based
    • David
    • Million
    • Lee

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Point Blank (1967 film), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Point Blank (1967 film) with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Point Blank (1967 film) — Overview · splits 55 ⟂ 17
Point Blank (1967 film) — Production · splits 59 ⟂ 13
Point Blank (1967 film) — Reception · splits 60 ⟂ 12
Point Blank (1967 film) — Legacy · splits 61 ⟂ 11
Point Blank (1967 film) — Cast · splits 65 ⟂ 7
Point Blank (1967 film) — Plot · splits 68 ⟂ 4
Point Blank (1967 film) — Themes · splits 68 ⟂ 4
Point Blank (1967 film) — Style · splits 69 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Point Blank (1967 film)

Nodes72
Edges71
Triples19
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Point Blank (1967 film) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Themes, Legacy & Literary Connections, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Point Blank (1967 film) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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