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The Hatchet Man

  • TV Movie
  • 1962
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Drama

Harry Laws is a "special assistant" to a powerful Hollywood studio head - that is, he's the hatchet man, the one who covers things up or dispenses with people when they're no longer needed. ... Read allHarry Laws is a "special assistant" to a powerful Hollywood studio head - that is, he's the hatchet man, the one who covers things up or dispenses with people when they're no longer needed. But now his own head is on the block.Harry Laws is a "special assistant" to a powerful Hollywood studio head - that is, he's the hatchet man, the one who covers things up or dispenses with people when they're no longer needed. But now his own head is on the block.

  • Writer
    • Nigel Balchin
  • Stars
    • Donald Pleasence
    • Maureen Leeds
    • Maurice Kaufmann
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    • Writer
      • Nigel Balchin
    • Stars
      • Donald Pleasence
      • Maureen Leeds
      • Maurice Kaufmann
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    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Harry Laws, assistant to Curnic
    Maureen Leeds
    • Clare Lyle, actress
    Maurice Kaufmann
    Maurice Kaufmann
    • Bernie Tester, agent
    John Phillips
    John Phillips
    • George Curnic, head of studio
    Meier Tzelniker
    • Joe White, promoter
    Terence de Marney
    Terence de Marney
    • Sam North, director
    Anne Cameron
    • Myrtle, secretary to Curnic
    Ann Hamilton
    • Secretary
    Natalie Benesh
    Natalie Benesh
    • Sybil, secretary to Harry Laws
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    Alan Curtis
    Alan Curtis
    • Sid Wharton, casting director
    Guy Kingsley Poynter
    • Paul Levene, producer
    Timothy Gray
    • Ronnie Miles, scriptwriter
    David Bauer
    David Bauer
    • Charlie Freedman, assistant to Harry Laws
    David Albert Taylor
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      • Nigel Balchin
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      Final film of Natalie Benesh.

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      • June 15, 1962 (United Kingdom)
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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