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The Hit is a 1984 British road crime film directed by Stephen Frears, and starring John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Laura del Sol and Tim Roth in his film debut. It was Stamp's first starring role in over a decade, and Roth won an Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
Mar 8, 1985 · The Hit: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke, Terence Stamp. Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Stephen Frears
- 1985-03-08
Jan 15, 2022 · Arun Kumar January 15, 2022. The storyline of Stephen Frears’ The Hit (1984) seems so simple that it could be hard to understand the acclaim it has garnered over the years (although a commercial failure) or the reason behind a Criterion release.
The Hit. Terence Stamp is Willie, a gangster’s henchman turned “supergrass” (informer) trying to hide out peacefully in a remote Spanish village. Sun-dappled bliss turns to nerve-racking suspense, however, when two hit men—one soulless (John Hurt) and one a loose cannon (a youthful Tim Roth)—come calling to bring Willie back for ...
- Braddock
Jan 24, 2012 · Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go...
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- Recorded Picture Company
Ex-gangster Willie Parker (Terence Stamp) has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance. But one day, ten years later, two hitmen (Braddock (Sir John Hurt) and Myron (Tim Roth)) show up and kidnap Willie.
Jan 29, 2022 · Stephen Frears (“Philomena,””Victoria & Abdul”) made an auspicious theatrical feature film debut with this nervy, violent and reflective “road picture,” a tale of two hit men, their mark and a “witness” they nab along the way as they make their way from southern Spain to Paris.
