Murder by Contract (1958)
- Directed by
- Irving Lerner
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 103 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A cool and detached hit man takes on a contract to kill a woman. The film follows his methodical preparation and the psychological tension of the assignment.
tenseminimalistchillingexistentialbleakstarkmethodicalunsettling
What happens
Murder by Contract is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on the film. Centering on an existentialist hit man assigned to kill a woman, the film is often praised for its spare style and peculiar sense of cool. The film has exerted an influence on American cinema, most notably on director Martin Scorsese, who famously cited Murder by Contract as "the film that has influenced [him] most." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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