I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
1h 20m
Running Time
October 12, 1990Release Date
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
1h 20m
Running Time
October 12, 1990Release Date
Plot.
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.
Where to Watch.
Subs
Subs
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Henri Boulanger
Margi Clarke
Margaret
Kenneth Colley
The Killer
T.R. Bowen
Departmen Head
Imogen Claire
Secretary
Angela Walsh
Landlady
Cyril Epstein
Cab Driver
Nicky Tesco
Pete
Charles Cork
Al
Michael O'Hagan
Killer's Boss
Tex Axile
Bartender
Walter Sparrow
Receptionist
Tony Rohr
Frank
Joe Strummer
Guitarist
Peter Graves
Jeweller
Serge Reggiani
Vic
Ette Elliot
Daughter
Roberto Pla
Bongo Man
Erkki Lahti
Man at Window (uncredited)
Minna Virtanen
Flower Seller (uncredited)
Aki Kaurismäki
Sunglasses Seller (uncredited) / Producer / Screenplay / Director / Editor / Story
Timo Salminen
Director of Photography
John Ebden
Production Design
Peter von Bagh
Idea
David P. Kelly
Line Producer
Martin Bruce-Clayton
Line Producer
Klaus Heydemann
Production Manager
Mark Lavis
Art Direction
Timo Linnasalo
Sound
Ronald Bailey
Boom Operator
Danny Malone
Sound Assistant
Jouko Lumme
Sound Editor
Simon Murray
Costume Design
Andy Pavord
Location Manager
Pauli Pentti
First Assistant Director / Unit Production Manager
Robert Fabbri
Second Assistant Director
Kari Laine
Second Assistant Director
Marja-Leena Hukkanen
Script Supervisor / Still Photographer
Jacques Cheuiche
First Assistant Camera
Wolfgang Kluge
Grip
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
I Hired a Contract Killer is a film directed, produced and written by the Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki in 1990. It is a Finnish-British-German-Swedish co-production and stars the renowned French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. The film also features cameo appearances by Joe Strummer as a guitar player and by Kaurismäki as a sunglasses salesman. The film's plot device of a man arranging for an assassin to kill him but later attempting to call off the deal is also used in the more famous 1998 American film Bulworth.
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