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 brains and emotional detachment to make the big bucks as a hit man, and that becomes his new job title. A string of successful hits gets him sent to Los Angeles for his latest job. There he is accompanied by two goons: one who is perpetually nervous and the other who quickly worships the young man as a hero. The cold, ruthless hit man finally be... (Full plot summary below)
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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 brains and emotional detachment to make the big bucks as a hit man, and that becomes his new job title. A string of successful hits gets him sent to Los Angeles for his latest job. There he is accompanied by two goons: one who is perpetually nervous and the other who quickly worships the young man as a hero. The cold, ruthless hit man finally becomes unglued when he finds out that his latest target is a woman. She's a witness, set to testify against his boss, and guarded day and night by the police. It's her femininity that worries Claude: women are unpredictable, they don't do what you expect. Claude eventually proves that he is the unpredictable one and his own worst enemy.
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| Seanax.comSean AxmakerIrving Lerner's direction is almost hypnotic as he matches the deliberation of his killer with meticulous direction... |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumNeither the screenwriter (Ben Simcoe) nor the director (Irving Lerner) ever acquired a big reputation, but here they achieved something singular and nearly perfect. |
| Radio TimesTony SlomanHere's a real gem and total justification for the existence of the B-movie. |
| The SpectatorIsabel QuiglyCool is just the word for it: the emotional temperature is creepily low, everything chillingly understated. |
| User ReviewDeadly VThe only type of killing that's safe is when a Stranger kills a Stranger |
| User ReviewHenrique FFabulous movie. One of the best within the noir aesthetic frame although it's so much more than that. Why it's not more popular it's beyond my knowledge. |
| User ReviewPaul MGood noir film...short, contained, and very emotionally charged. |
| User ReviewDeering RTHE american le samourai, a couple perfectly assembled scenes, sparse, spare, taut, whatever, the score kills. |
| User ReviewBrad GCheap-o B picture that kicks the shit out of pretty near any other crime film. Edwards is great in the hitman role, and the whole thing plays like a delirious comedy. |
| User ReviewGregory Wexcellent noir thriller this is a B pix that really works. this is one martin scorsese's faves. the music score is very sparse only a single electric guitar but like welle's the third man (which it reminded me of) it works a the movie goes on and the characters get closer & closer the music add to heighten tension. final bonus: alot of the exterior shots r shot in my hometown of sta monica and it was interesting to see what it looked like back then. |
