Freelance | |
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Directed by | Francis Megahy |
Written by | Francis Megahy Bernie Cooper |
Produced by | Francis Megahy executive Lynn S. Raynor Ronan O'Casey |
Starring |
Ian McShane Gayle Hunnicutt Keith Barron Alan Lake Peter Gilmore Luan Peters |
Cinematography | Norman Langley |
Edited by | Arthur Solomon |
Music by | Basil Kirchin |
Distributed by | Commonwealth United Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £200,000 [1] |
Freelance (US title: Con Man) is a 1971 British thriller film written and directed by Francis Megahy and starring Ian McShane. [2] It was not released in England until 1976. A con artist witnesses an assassination.
Mitch is a small-time London con-artist. When he witnesses a gangland hit, he is forced to lie low while trying to carry out his own various schemes.
Filming began in London in October 1969. [3] It was Ian MacShane's fourth lead role of the year, following Tam-Lin (1970), Battle of Britain (1969), and Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970). [4]
The Cambridge Evening News called it "a film of such ordinariness that one wonders how it ever got to be made." [5]
Freelance | |
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Directed by | Francis Megahy |
Written by | Francis Megahy Bernie Cooper |
Produced by | Francis Megahy executive Lynn S. Raynor Ronan O'Casey |
Starring |
Ian McShane Gayle Hunnicutt Keith Barron Alan Lake Peter Gilmore Luan Peters |
Cinematography | Norman Langley |
Edited by | Arthur Solomon |
Music by | Basil Kirchin |
Distributed by | Commonwealth United Entertainment |
Release date |
|
Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £200,000 [1] |
Freelance (US title: Con Man) is a 1971 British thriller film written and directed by Francis Megahy and starring Ian McShane. [2] It was not released in England until 1976. A con artist witnesses an assassination.
Mitch is a small-time London con-artist. When he witnesses a gangland hit, he is forced to lie low while trying to carry out his own various schemes.
Filming began in London in October 1969. [3] It was Ian MacShane's fourth lead role of the year, following Tam-Lin (1970), Battle of Britain (1969), and Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970). [4]
The Cambridge Evening News called it "a film of such ordinariness that one wonders how it ever got to be made." [5]