Hatchet man (or similar) may refer to:

Films

* ''

The Hatchet Man ''The Hatchet Man'' (1932) is a pre-Code film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Edward G. Robinson. Warner Bros. had purchased the David Belasco/ Achmed Abdullah play ''The Honorable Mr. Wong'' about the Tong gang wars. Made dur ...

'', a 1932 film * ''The Nature of the Beast'' (1995 film), UK title ''Hatchet Man''

Others

Hatchet man (idiom) In the context of the Watergate scandal, the term hatchet man was used to refer to a trusted and particularly orthodox subordinate tasked by his employer with destroying a political opponent by any means necessary. Charles Colson was known as a ha ...

, a slang term for someone who was brought in to a situation to perform distasteful tasks * Towards the end of the 19th century, the phrase was used to describe a Chinese assassin who carried a hatchet, which originated from New York's

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* The logo of independent label

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