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Murder by Contract is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on the film. Centering on an existentialist hit man assigned to kill a woman, the film is often praised for its spare style and peculiar sense of cool.
May 10, 2023 · Murder by Contract. Shot in seven days and decades ahead of its time, Murder by Contract is a lean, spare, ascetic, almost arthouse film noir from 1958 and was once described by Martin Scorsese as “The film that has influenced me most.”.
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Jan 30, 2020 · Murder by Contract is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on the film. The film has exerted an influence on American cinema, most notably on director Martin Scorsese, who famously cited Murder by Contract as the film that has influenced him most.
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Murder by Contract (1958) is classic hitman film noir starring Vince Edwards and directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on the film which looks at an existentialist and nihilist hit man assigned to kill a woman.
Apr 5, 2024 · In America it seems you never really get that house you hope for. If you keep at your job, it’ll take you at least 23 years to pay off that 28,000 and you might as well die; If you become a contract killer…well, no contract killer survives to the end of a 1958 film. This is an influential one.
Jun 22, 2023 · Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.
Aug 30, 2013 · Murder by Contract. By The New Yorker. August 30, 2013. The director Irving Lerner had extensive experience with documentaries when he made this film noir, in 1958, and it shows....
