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Hard Contract (1969)
Director: S Lee Pogostin
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A sometimes intelligent examination of the mind of a professional killer (Coburn) sent to Europe to dispose of three men. Plans start to go awry when his emotional reserves (he deliberately seeks transactions with prostitutes) are plumbed by Remick. Unfortunately there are too many distractions for the film to really work: Coburn appears too inflexible, the pretty European locations look deliberately chosen for the American market, and too many well known faces (Magee, Palmer, Dauphin) are left with too little to do.Author: CPe
Cast & crew
Director: S Lee Pogostin
Producer: Marvin Schwartz
Cast: James Coburn, Lee Remick, Lilli Palmer, Burgess Meredith, Patrick Magee, Sterling Hayden, Claude Dauphin, Helen Cherry, Karen Black full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 106 mins
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