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Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever ca... Read allTen years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Bernie Searle
- Hopwood
- (as Bernie Searl)
Manuel de Benito
- Juan
- (as Manul De Benito)
Enrique San Francisco
- Kidnapper
- (as Quique San Francisco)
José Luis Fernández 'Pirri'
- Kidnapper
- (as Jose Luis Fernandez)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaJoe Strummer was originally considered for the part of Myron, but his bandmates (in The Clash) nixed the idea. Strummer then recommended Tim Roth for the part, based on his appearance as "Trevor the Skinhead" in Made in Britain (1982). This movie was Roth's first theatrical feature, and granted him a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer.
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film, a black Ford Zephyr Mark III pulls up outside Willie Parker's flat. It has a number plate ending in K, denoting that it was first registered in 1971 or 1972. However this model of car was only made between 1962 and 1966. The DVLA rules on personalised number plates forbid a plate that makes a car look "younger" that its actual year of manufacture.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Heartbreakers/The Hit/Alamo Bay/A Private Function (1985)
- SoundtracksWe'll Meet Again
(uncredited)
By Ross Parker and Hugh Charles
Performed by Terence Stamp and other cast menbers
Featured review
The great lost Brit crime movie?
Forget the flashy but empty "cor blimey guv" Brit crime movies of the last few years like 'Snatch' and 'Sexy Beast'. Apart from 'Croupier' and 'Gangster No. 1', most of them aren't worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as the brilliant but largely forgotten 'The Long Good Friday', 'Mona Lisa', and the most underrated of all, 'The Hit'. Terence Stamp, playing a character not too dissimilar from the one he later portrays in 'The Limey', is a former gangster who grassed up his criminal mates years earlier. Now living in semi-retirement in Spain he is unexpectedly kidnapped by two hoods (John Hurt and, in one of his earliest screen roles, Tim Roth) who plan on taking him to Paris and killing him as punishment for betraying the criminal code. Of course, things don't go quite as planned and along the way the sexy Laura del Sol gets forced against her will to accompany them. This is a very fresh and interesting film that is more character than action based so might not appeal to the Guy Ritchie crowd. It's their loss. Stamp is just brilliant and his interaction with Hurt and Roth makes this a must see movie. The supporting cast also includes the legendary Fernando Rey ('The French Connection') as the cop on their trail, and Aussie veteran Bill Hunter as a crim in the wrong place at the wrong time. 'The Hit' is one of the most overlooked British movies of the last twenty years, and highly recommend viewing for all discerning movie buffs.
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- Also known as
- Die Profi-Killer
- Filming locations
- Monasterio de Piedra, Nuévalos, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain(waterfall scene)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $876,775
- Gross worldwide
- $876,775
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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