Murder by Contract
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman. Claude is a young man with a regular job, no history of trouble with the law and no chance of making any…
Murder by Contract
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman. Claude is a young man with a regular job, no history of trouble with the law and no chance of making any real money. He also has the savvy and emotional detachment to make big bucks as a hit man and that soon becomes his new profession. A string of successful hits gets him sent to Los Angeles for his latest job. There he is accompanied by two goons: one with a nervous condition and another who worships the young man as a hero. The cold, ruthless hit man finally comes unglued when he finds out that his latest target is a woman. She's a witness, scheduled to testify against Claude's boss, who's guarded day and night by the police. It's her femininity that worries Claude. In his mind, women are unpredictable and don't do what's expected of them. Claude eventually proves that he's the unpredictable one and his own worst enemy. —J. Spurlin / edited by Hans Delbruck Seemingly a little too smart for his own good and as such methodical and confidant to a fault in his approach to life and his newly chosen occupation, Claude has just started working as a hit man for Mr. Brink, who will often contract out Claude's services. Not a particularly violent man, Claude has chosen this life as a fast track to wealth to buy a house, purchase price $28,000, along the Ohio River, his previous 9-to-5 job which would not have gotten him to that goal nearly as quickly. Brink sends him across the country to Los Angeles for a hit, he only knowing the target's name of Billie Williams. His methodical process for this job, as with any, exasperates Claude's Los Angeles handlers, Marc and George, especially as Claude seems in no hurry to do any seeming work, even after they tell him the hit has to be done within a week to prevent Billie from testifying as the key witness in what could be a very damaging trial. But after Marc and George get somewhat used to Claude's methods and understand from where he's coming with the job, they will find that what was already known as the difficult job becomes even more difficult for various reasons. Those few and increasing surprises may ultimately show some cracks in Claude's otherwise icy cold veneer. —Huggo
Murder by Contract
Crime,Drama,Film-Noir
Film Details
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman. Claude is a young man with a regular job, no history of trouble with the law and no chance of making any real money. He also has the savvy and emotional detachment to make big bucks as a hit man and that soon becomes his new profession.
A string of successful hits gets him sent to Los Angeles for his latest job. There he is accompanied by two goons: one with a nervous condition and another who worships the young man as a hero. The cold, ruthless hit man finally comes unglued when he finds out that his latest target is a woman.
She's a witness, scheduled to testify against Claude's boss, who's guarded day and night by the police. It's her femininity that worries Claude. In his mind, women are unpredictable and don't do what's expected of them.
Claude eventually proves that he's the unpredictable one and his own worst enemy. —J. Spurlin / edited by Hans Delbruck Seemingly a little too smart for his own good and as such methodical and confidant to a fault in his approach to life and his newly chosen occupation, Claude has just started working as a hit man for Mr.
Brink, who will often contract out Claude's services. Not a particularly violent man, Claude has chosen this life as a fast track to wealth to buy a house, purchase price $28,000, along the Ohio River, his previous 9-to-5 job which would not have gotten him to that goal nearly as quickly. Brink sends him across the country to Los Angeles for a hit, he only knowing the target's name of Billie Williams.
His methodical process for this job, as with any, exasperates Claude's Los Angeles handlers, Marc and George, especially as Claude seems in no hurry to do any seeming work, even after they tell him the hit has to be done within a week to prevent Billie from testifying as the key witness in what could be a very damaging trial. But after Marc and George get somewhat used to Claude's methods and understand from where he's coming with the job, they will find that what was already known as the difficult job becomes even more difficult for various reasons. Those few and increasing surprises may ultimately show some cracks in Claude's otherwise icy cold veneer.
—Huggo.