99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

Genre

comedy film, action film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A contract killer gets involved in a feud between two crime bosses. His girlfriend is kidnapped by the rival gang, making the job personal.

campydarkly comicfast-pacedtensegrittyover-the-topglib1970s-style

What happens

99 and 44/100% Dead!, released in the UK as Call Harry Crown, is a 1974 American action comedy film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Richard Harris. The title is a play on an advertising slogan for Ivory soap. In the film, a professional contract killer is hired to take part in a conflict between two rival crime bosses. The mission gets personal when the killer's love interest is kidnapped by the rival gang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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