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The Hit is a 1984 British crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephen Frears, and starring John Hurt, Tim Roth, Terence Stamp, and Billy Connolly. It is based on a novel of the same name by James Hadley Chase. The film is about a professional hitman who is forced to go on the run with a young accomplice after a botched job. It was Roth's first film.