Paid to Kill
"I'm the guy who paid to kill... himself!"
1954 | 75m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Montgomery Tully |
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| Writer: | Paul Tabori |
| Staring: |
| A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 25, 1954 |
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| Director: | Montgomery Tully |
| Writer: | Paul Tabori |
| Genres: | Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | hitman, b movie, british noir |
| Production Companies | Hammer Film Productions, Lippert Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dane Clark | James Nevill |
| Cecile Chevreau | Joan Peterson |
| Paul Carpenter | Paul Kirby |
| Thea Gregory | Andrea Nevill |
| Anthony Forwood | Glanville |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | McGowan (as Howard Marion Crawford) |
| Arthur Young | Hyson |
| Arnold Diamond | Perkins |
| Peter Gawthorne | Bowman |
| Charles Hawtrey | Bill |
| Ross Hutchinson | Ingham |
| Warren Mitchell | Laughing Man in Bar |
| Hugo Schuster | Professor |
| Avis Scott | Eileen |
| Geoffrey Sumner | Chapter |
| Larry Taylor | Tough in Bar |
| Leslie Wright | Hunter |
| Martin Lawrence | Grover - Masseur |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Montgomery Tully | Director |
| Peter Diamond | Stunts |
| Jimmy Sangster | Assistant Director |
| Ivor Slaney | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Len Harris | Camera Operator |
| Vic Margutti | Visual Effects |
| Bill Salter | Sound Recordist |
| Nina Broe | Hair Setup |
| Philip Leakey | Makeup Artist |
| J. Elder Wills | Art Direction |
| Walter J. Harvey | Director of Photography |
| James Needs | Editor |
| Paul Tabori | Writer |
| John 'Pinky' Green | Production Manager |
| Splinters Deason | Continuity |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Anthony Hinds | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trending Position
Despite the fact that this was probably made in a week on a shoestring budget, Monty Tully churns out quite a decent effort with Dane Clark as "Nevill", a failing industrialist who bullies his friend into killing him so his wife "Andrea" (Thea Gregory) can inherit his insurance. The snag is, his bus ... iness deal doesn't go quite so sour after all, and he has to call off his would be assassin "Paul" (Paul Carpenter) who is proving quite persistent with his task... Or is he? The story is quite complex and as we head to the slightly unpredictable ending with Clark, his secretary "Joan" (Cecile Chevreau) and wife "Andrea" all have enough skin in the game to keep it interesting...