I Hired a Contract Killer
| I Hired a Contract Killer | |
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| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
| Edited by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Music by | Roberto Pla |
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| Distributed by | Finnkino |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
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| Languages | English Finnish |
| Budget | £800,000 |
I Hired a Contract Killer is a film directed, produced and written by the Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki in 1990. It is a Finnish-British-German-Swedish co-production and stars the renowned French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. The film also features a cameo appearance by Joe Strummer as a guitar player.
The film's plot device of a man arranging for an assassin to kill him but later attempting to call off the deal is also used in the more famous 1998 American film Bulworth.