The Hard Way

Year: 1980

Runtime: 85 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael Dryhurst

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There’s always one more job. John Connor, a hitman on the brink of retirement, plans to leave the trade, move to Dublin, and repair his failing marriage. His handler O’Neal, however, refuses to let him go and pressures Connor into one final assignment, pulling him back into the dangerous world he wants to abandon.

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