The Mechanic (1972)
He has 100 ways to kill... and they all work!
Director: Michael Winner · Writer: Lewis John Carlino
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, Steve McKenna, as his apprentice. Arthur puts him through a rigorous training period and brings him on several hits. As Steven improves, Arthur worries that he'll discover who killed his father.
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Director
Michael Winner
Cast
Charles Bronson
Arthur Bishop 
Jan-Michael Vincent
Steve McKenna 
Keenan Wynn
Harry McKenna 
Jill Ireland
The Girl 
Linda Ridgeway
Louise, Steve McKenna's Girlfriend 
Frank De Kova
The Man 
James Davidson
Intern 
Lindsay Crosby
Policeman
Steve Cory
Messenger 
Tak Kubota
Yamoto 
Patrick O'Moore
Old Man
Martin Gordon
American Tourist User Reviews (1)
"Bishop" (Charles Bronson) is the epitome of the hit man. Highly paid, he meticulously plans his projects so as to leave no trace of anything to suggest the deaths are not natural or accidents. When he is ordered to carry out a job on his handler "Harry" (Keenan Wynn), he doesn't flinch but he does take the man's son "Steve" (Jan-Michael Vincent) under his wing afterwards. It's clear that the younger man wants to emulate "Bishop" and so he takes him in training and onto a couple of jobs. These jobs don't go as smoothly as he'd expected, though, and pretty swiftly "Bishop" begins to wonder if he's being set up. If his employers can turn on "Harry" then could they turn on him, too - no more loose ends? Bronson is on his best form here as the grumpy but highly effective killer and as the plot develops, his less-is-more style of delivery, aided by a sensible paucity of dialogue, helps to bui…
