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Assassin for Hire is a British film of genre Crime directed by Michael McCarthy released in USA on 17 january 1952 with Sydney Tafler

Assassin for Hire (1951)

Assassin for Hire
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Released in USA 17 january 1952
Length 1h7
Directed by
Genres Crime
Rating58% 2.9102052.9102052.9102052.9102052.910205

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.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Sydney Tafler

(Antonio Riccardi)Ronald Howard

(Detective Inspector Carson)John Hewer

(Giuseppe Riccardi)Samuel John Kydd

(Bert)Martin Benson

(Catesby)Ewen Solon

(Fred)
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