# The Hit (1984)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller, Crime
**Directed by**: Stephen Frears
**Written by**: Peter Prince
**Starring**: John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Tim Roth, Laura del Sol, Bill Hunter, Fernando Rey

> *Even bad guys have bad days.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rainy Paris streets at dusk a clicking cigarette lighter. 
A worn sedan speeds down a deserted highway with two hitmen and their doomed passenger. 
Stephen Frears directs this tense crime drama.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw

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