MURDER BY CONTRACT

1958.....81 minutes

Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi

Edwards plays hitman-for-hire Claude, who goes about his work with quiet, detached and deadly efficiency. After several "minor" killings Claude is assigned the task of murdering mob witness Billie Williams (Caprice Toriel). Despite his qualms about killing a woman-not because he's got a sentimental streak, but because women are "difficult" to kill without a lot of extra preparation-he accepts the job. His first two attempts come to naught, due to circumstances beyond his control. While laying the groundwork for his third try, Claude finds out that his two trusted associates (Herschel Bernardi and Phillip Pine) have been ordered to kill him because of his earlier failures. Wearily, he disposes of his ex-comrades and gets down to the business at hand.