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Bookmark this pageHard Contract (1969)
Director: S Lee Pogostin
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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
User reviews of this film
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- djdave said...
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Posted on Sep 26 2011 02:58
an interesting and satisfying film. the otherwise romantic twist takes over,while coburn and remick
juggle emotions. add that philosophic touch to the
dialouge now and then proving that new ideas can replace old. if you see the light through the dark subject
matter it becomes plausible. Lee remick is eye catching. - Report as inappropriate
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- Arturo Zanzi Bar said...
- Posted on Feb 19 2008 10:54 Once again Pogostin is wrong: This is an absolute, absolute brilliant film. Pogostin is a bitter person who has never accomplished anything. God Bless.
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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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