Murder By Contract - 1958 - 6/10
Claude applies for the position of “contractor.”
No experience, yet highly ambitious.
Once underway, he turns out to be creative and efficient.
And as colleagues remark, he’s smart. Too smart.
California Noir spends a lot of time plotting, observing, slowly building tension.
Claude’s handlers aren’t so much comic relief, as frustration expressed.
Unusual guitar score by Perry Botkin.