Hitman

A hitman is a person hired to kill another person.

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Hitmen in organized crime

Hitmen are largely linked to the world of organized crime. Hitmen are hired people who kill people for money. Notable examples include Murder, Inc.,

Other cases involving hitmen

These are non-mafia killings, or attempted killings, that involved a hitman. In some of these cases the "hitman" was not necessarily a "professional" hitman, but a paid amateur.

Hitmen

Notable victims of hitmen

Notable cases of hiring a hitman

Hitmen in fiction

Anime

Comics and cartoons

Film

Hitmen have, at times, been a notable part of crime films.

The James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun, features Francisco Scaramanga. Scaramanga is a high-priced hit man, supposedly the best in the world, charging one million dollars per kill. He's best known for being "The man with the golden gun", because he only uses bullets made of gold in a fictitious, 4.2 mm cartridge. All of Scaramanga's dealings go through his henchman Nick Nack, which allows Scaramanga to be anonymous.

In the mid-1990s to the 2000s, several "offbeat" portrayals of hitmen arose.

In the 2005 black comedy The Matador, Pierce Brosnan portrays the fictional hitman Julian Noble, an experienced hitman who suffers a mental breakdown, causing him to freeze during the last seconds of the job.

A few portrayals of hitmen have earned nominations or awards.

In other countries the vision of the hitman is often one of tragic, individual with a solitary existence.

Video games

See also

References

  1. ^ Hamas death: Dubai says four more forged passports used by the Christian Science Monitor, looked up on March 18, 2010
  2. ^ ALIAS BARNEY, Alias Michael Lawrence by Interpol, looked up on March 18, 2010