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.
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