A slick professional hitman is persuaded to take on an apprentice to help him carry out his dirty work, imparting philosophical words of wisdom between assassinations. Thriller, directed by Michael Winner, starring Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn and Jill Ireland.

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.