The Hard Way

TV Movie
1980
15
1h 29m

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A professional assassin is coerced into taking on one last job.A professional assassin is coerced into taking on one last job.A professional assassin is coerced into taking on one last job.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

546

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Trivia
This was writer Edna O'Brien's only acting role.

Goofs
During the target practice scene, the target appears with a grouping of hits in the lower right of the bulls-eye, followed by a shot of a target with a grouping that is all dead center, and finally we see the target with the grouping in the lower right again.

Quotes
Kathleen: I knew he'd come back one day. Not to me but to Ireland. I dreaded it. He always brought trouble. He wanted to change. Every time was the last time. There were so many last times. He couldn't change.

Soundtracks
A Measured Room
from album "Music for Films"
Music by Brian Eno
Courtesy of EG Records

What's the deal with the ratings here? Hardly anyone voted below 4 and its got a 3.6??? This is a very well made low budget minimalist neo noir set in Ireland. McGoohan and Van Cleef are very effective in their roles as underworld hit men. Sparse dialouge and good cinematography. Direction is slow but assured and suits the tone of the story well. Has the production feel of those late seventies British thillers like "Mystery" that played over here in the sates. But this has a dark tragic tone that separates it from those TV shows. Who would have thought you'd see Lee Van Cleef in an Irish Film Noir. Definitely worth a look if you can find this ultra rare flick.