Professional Killer - 1966 - 6/10
AKA - Tecnica di un Omicidio // Hired Killer
Clint, hitman, does his final sniper job. Takes his pay, declines a pricier assignment.
Then someone makes it personal, and he loads his gear and heads to Italy.
Pedestrian crime story is ho-hum plotwise, benefits from Robert Webber’s icy portrayal.
Where this excels is the mechanics of his work, his observations of details.
The way he avoid leaving traces and hones in on essentials.
Workmanlike film is detailed and well edited, so that loose threads tie together.
Opening section of New York is a time capsule reminder that the 60’s were not all Invasion and Psychedelia.