The Contract (2006 film)

The Contract
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Directed by	Bruce Beresford
Written by	Stephen Katz John Darrouzet J.D. Zeik
Produced by	Boaz Davidson Randall Emmett George Furla Andreas Grosch Avi Lerner Danny Lerner Andreas Schmid Les Weldon
Starring	Morgan Freeman John Cusack Jamie Anderson Alice Krige Megan Dodds Bill Smitrovich Ian Shaw Ned Bellamy
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Edited by	Mark Warner
Music by	Normand Corbeil
Production companies	Millennium Films Emmett/Furla Films VIP Medienfonds
Distributed by	First Look International
Release dates	October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09) (Haifa) July 24, 2007 (2007-07-24) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Germany United States
Language	English
Box office	$5,549,200[1]

The Contract is a 2006 German-American action thriller film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by television writer Stephen Katz and John Darrouzet. The Contract stars Morgan Freeman as professional assassin Frank Carden and John Cusack as a teacher who gets entangled into his latest assignment during a camp trip with his son. Released direct to video in the United States and Europe, The Contract received little critical notice despite its high-profile cast.