Universal-International
Directed by Allen Baron
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
A mob hit man is in New York City during Christmas to carry out a contract. He trails his target and meticulously plans the job. Wishing to remain anonymous, he unexpectedly meets childhood friends from his days in an orphanage. This leads to an invitation to a party where he flirts with the girl and goes back to her apartment. However, his rough advances are rebuked and he leaves frustrated and regretful. He reflects on his life and job and tries to back out of the contract. The mob insists he carry it out, and now mark him as unreliable. More trouble ensues when he tries to buy a gun with a silencer. Bleak, at times harrowing, account of a hit man, shot on location in and around New York, including the famous Village Gate nightclub in Greenwich Village.
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