Founder of Westwind Productions William Webb has four writing, sixteen producing and eight directing credits to his name. Among the latter are the films Sunset Strip (1985), The Banker (1989) and The Hit List (1993), all intriguing B movie thrillers that deserve to be revisited. Sunset Strip follows photographer Mark Jefferson (Tom Eplin) who utilizes his talents when his friend, club owner Roger (John Mayall), asks him to take pictures of an extortion taking place. But things turn sour soon enough and Mark ends up stuck between a rock and a hard place, trying to find out who was it that set him up. With a script written by Webb and featuring an exciting car and motorbike chase, Sunset Strip also has Jeff Conaway among its ranks, an actor who can be seen in The Banker opposite Robert Forster. In this psychological thriller, the Academy Award-nominated Forster excels as a police officer tasked with investigating the shocking and gruesome murders of call girls. The prevalence of neon lights and smoke only add to the film’s seedy atmosphere, giving it the feel and flair of a music video at certain times.
With a script written by Dana Augustine and a story developed by Richard Brandes and Webb himself, The Banker is an unorthodox, violent and stylish thriller that will hardly leave viewers indifferent. The same could be said of The Hit List, an equally sleazy film written by Reed Steiner that centers around former Government agent Charlie Pike (Jeff Fahey) who becomes a professional hitman doing the bidding of lawyer Peter Mayhew (James Coburn). But when Pike starts falling in love with Mayhew’s family friend Jordan Henning (Yancy Butler), things start coming apart at the seams. Despite its slow pace, The Hit List will unrelentingly hit us with surprise twists and turns, making it an exciting thriller that also marked Yancy Butler’s feature film debut.
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