The Big Hit
“Nothing's more dangerous than some nice guys... with a little time to kill.”
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
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Cast
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Mark Wahlberg
Melvin Smiley
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Lou Diamond Phillips
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Christina Applegate
Pam Shulman
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Keiko Nishi
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Jeanne Shulman
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Elliott Gould
Morton Shulman
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Jiro Nishi
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Robin Dunne
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Lela Rochon
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Kirk Wong Chi-Keung Director · Ben Ramsey Writer Graeme Revell Composer
Worldwide gross $27M · Budget $13M · United States release April 24, 1998
Box office
Budget
$13,000,000
Worldwide gross
$27,007,143
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
TriStar Pictures
Production · Studio
Amen Ra Films
Production
Zide-Perry Productions
Production
Lion Rock Productions
Production
United States · Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · April 24, 1998
Premiere
United States · April 24, 1998
Theatrical
Australia
June 25, 1998 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 9, 1998 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 3, 1998 · Theatrical
France
August 5, 1998 · Theatrical
Germany
August 27, 1998 · Theatrical
Slovakia
August 14, 2009 · TV · Markíza
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