# Kalter Hauch (1972)

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**Original title**: *The Mechanic*
**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Action, Thriller
**Directed by**: Michael Winner
**Written by**: Lewis John Carlino
**Starring**: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland, Linda Ridgeway, Frank De Kova

> *He has 100 ways to kill... and they all work!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Nice, France. A ticking watch. An assassin’s life of opulent isolation. He mentors his latest mark's son in the finer points of the killing game. Apprentice and master become partners.

A Euro-crime classic that thrives on taciturn amorality.

**Mood tags**: outsider, raw

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