Assassin for Hire
Assassin for Hire is a 1951 British crime film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Sydney Tafler, Ronald Howard and Katharine Blake. Its plot follows a contract killer who becomes stricken with remorse when he is led to believe he has murdered his brother.
Plot
Antonio Riccardi, a young British criminal of Italian heritage, works as a professional contract killer in order to pay for his gifted younger brother's violin lessons so that he can escape from a life of poverty and crime. A series of mistakes lead him to wrongly believe he has killed his brother, and he confesses his crimes to the police.
More details
author | Rex Rienits |
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director | Michael McCarthy |
editor | Eric Hodges |
genre | crime |
keywords | contract killer gift kill violin |
musicBy | Ronnie Emanuel |
producer | Julian Wintle |
productionCompany | Merton Park Studios |
publisher | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors |