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The Mechanic (1972) [PG]

Release Date:
October 6, 1972

Original Title:
The Mechanic

Alternate Titles:
Assassino a Preço Fixo
Fríamente... sin motivos personales
Kalter Hauch - The Mechanic
Killer of Killers
Mechanic: En människojägare

Genres:
Action | Thriller

Production Companies:
Carlino Productions
Chartoff-Winkler Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FI: K-16  FR: TP  GB: 15  GR: 16  IE: PG  JP: G  NL: 12  SE: 15  US: PG 

Runtime: 99

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, Steve McKenna, as his apprentice. Arthur puts him through a rigorous training period and brings him on several hits. As Steven improves, Arthur worries that he'll discover who killed his father.

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Production

Additional Photography:
Robert Paynter

Art Direction:
Rodger Maus
Herbert Westbrook

Assistant Director:
Francesco Cinieri
Jerome M. Siegel
Peter Price

Associate Producer:
Henry Gellis

Casting:
Lynn Stalmaster

Continuity:
Pamela Carlton

Costumer:
Lambert Marks

Dialogue Editor:
Russ Hill

Director:
Michael Winner

Director of Photography:
Richard H. Kline

Editor:
Michael Winner
Frederick Wilson

Gaffer:
Colin J. Campbell

Makeup Artist:
Phil Rhodes

Original Music Composer:
Jerry Fielding

Producer:
Irwin Winkler
Robert Chartoff

Production Manager:
Clifton Brandon
Mario Mariani
Vittorio Noia

Production Supervisor:
Hal W. Polaire

Property Master:
Ray Traynor
Eugene Booth

Props:
Barry Wilkinson

Screenplay:
Lewis John Carlino

Script Supervisor:
Betty Crosby

Second Assistant Director:
Mel Efros

Second Unit Director:
Antonio Tarruella

Set Decoration:
Robert De Vestel

Sound Editor:
Terry Rawlings

Sound Mixer:
Burdick S. Trask

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Don MacDougall
Maurice Askew

Sound Recordist:
Brian Paxton

Special Effects:
Richard Albain

Story:
Lewis John Carlino

Stunt Coordinator:
Alan Gibbs

Stunt Driver:
David Watson

Stunts:
J.N. Roberts
Greg Anderson
Frank Orsatti
James M. Halty

Supervising Editor:
Frederick Wilson

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