I Hired a Contract Killer

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.

I Hired a Contract Killer
Directed byAki Kaurismäki
Written byAki Kaurismäki
Produced byAki Kaurismäki
Starring
CinematographyTimo Salminen
Edited byAki Kaurismäki
Music byRoberto Pla
Production
companies
  • Villealfa Filmproductions
  • Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributed byFinnkino
Release dates
  • 13 September 1990 (1990-09-13) (Venice Film Festival)
  • 12 October 1990 (1990-10-12) (Finland)
Running time
79 minutes
Countries
  • Finland
  • United Kingdom
  • Sweden
  • France
  • Germany
LanguagesEnglish
Finnish
Budget£800,000

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.

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