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Murder by Contract (1958) is classic hitman film noir starring Vince Edwards and directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on the film which looks at an existentialist and nihilist hit man assigned to kill a woman.
Famous for its brand-new-at-the-time raw style, employed by Irving Lerner, Murder By Contract is considered a B-movie classic, lauded by Martin Scorsese and others for its almost home-made independent style.
It’s a little like Allen Baron’s Blast of Silence insofar as everything that it lacks in polish, it makes up for in commitment and style.
