''The Last Hit Man'' is a 2008

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film directed by Christopher Warre Smets. It tells the story of an aging contract killer who finds himself in crisis between his daughter and his job after an assignment gone awry. The film won the award for Best Feature Film at the 2008

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Synopsis

After he botches a hit, an aging hitman (

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) discovers that he's dying and decides to hide the truth from his daughter, who's also his business partner and getaway driver. When a younger hit man is sent to clean up the mess, he ends up impacting their lives in more ways than initially intended.

Cast

as Harry Tremayne - Father/Hitman * Elizabeth Whitmere as Racquel Tremayne/Getaway Driver *

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as Billy Rosco/Hitman * Michael Majeski as Todd/Boyfriend * William Colgate as Fred Armitage/Harry's boss * Shawn Lawrence as Fuller/Top boss * Victoria Snow as Dr. Marion Mornamore * Maya Ritter as Young Racquel * Jonnie Chase as Strode/Hired Billy * Sean Orr as Nicholston/Harry's missed hit

Trivia

Phil Elverum Philip Whitman Elverum (; born May 26, 1978) is an American musician and songwriter known for his Independent music, indie bands the Microphones and Mount Eerie. Based in Anacortes, Washington, in the mid-2000s he began to spell his surname Elv ...

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and

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recorded an " provised pump organ and electric guitar" soundtrack for this movie in late 2005. * The film was dedicated in memory of Patricia Ragozzino (1948 - 2006).

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* 2008 films 2008 direct-to-video films 2008 crime thriller films 2008 action thriller films Canadian crime thriller films Canadian action thriller films English-language Canadian films Films about contract killing Canadian direct-to-video films 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films English-language crime thriller films English-language action thriller films {{crime-thriller-film-stub