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** Rico, TheDragon, kills his subordinate Vince for showing disgust at the amount of blood in a DangerouslyCloseShave murder. He also helps Mendoza kill most of their subordinates to divert the police investigation. Then, when Rico suspects Mendoza is going to kill him, he uses his his last three loyal subordinates as TheBait while hiding nearby to see if they'll be killed.
* BreakTheHaughty: Almost every single ProfessionalKiller in the movie is flippant and cocky about their work. Every one is reduced to a terrified, cowering wreck when faced with being killed by the other assassins, arrested by the police, or both. Rico TheDragon is a particularly sadistic bully who comes across as the most pathetic after multiple attempts on his life once he becomes TheStoolPigeon.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In an effort to shake up Mendoza, the incarcerated BigBad, the heroes toss several pictures of his victims into his cell for him to look at, including that of Nina Lombardo (who supposedly witnessed Mendoza personally commit a murder when she was a child). Looking at those pictures causes Mendoza to realize that Nina's eyes are a different color than the kid from all those years ago, and [[MurderByMistake his men targeted the wrong girl,]] while Nina's roommate is the real witness. This causes Mendoza to send his assassins after the real witness, and the police barely figure it otu out in time to save her.
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A 1951 FilmNoir starring Creator/HumphreyBogart and Creator/ZeroMostel. The movie (told mainly through flashback) features the investigation of an organization based on the original MurderInc, as the police struggle to find a witness who can convict the BigBad.
Not to be confused with [[Film/TheEnforcer the third Dirty Harry movie.]]
!!Tropes:
* BadBoss:
** Mendoza orders the murders of almost every person who works for him (although a few survive) for HeKnowsTooMuch or YouHaveFailedMe reasons.
** Rico, TheDragon, kills his subordinate Vince for showing disgust at the amount of blood in a DangerouslyCloseShave murder. He also helps Mendoza kill most of their subordinates to divert the police investigation. Then, when Rico suspects Mendoza is going to kill him, he uses his his last three loyal subordinates as TheBait while hiding nearby to see if they'll be killed.
* BreakTheHaughty: Almost every single ProfessionalKiller in the movie is flippant and cocky about their work. Every one is reduced to a terrified, cowering wreck when faced with being killed by the other assassins, arrested by the police, or both. Rico TheDragon is a particularly sadistic bully who comes across as the most pathetic after multiple attempts on his life once he becomes TheStoolPigeon.
* DangerouslyCloseShave: Rico murders Tony Vetto while he's getting a shave, stepping up to the barber (who has been coerced into helping the killers) and taking the razor from him after he's sharpened it, then approaching Tony (whose back is to them) [[GoryDiscretionShot as the film cuts to the next scene.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: Rico, the MurderInc team leader, falls to his death while trying to climb down a drainpipe to escape from an assassin.
* DisposingOfABody: The killers employ a man called Sad Eyes to bury most of their victims in the swamp.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Big Babe is short for big baby, a nickname Lazick got for being an overweight DirtyCoward.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** ProfessionalKiller "Big Babe" Lazick has a wife and son, and he cooperates with the police to keep his son from being put into foster care.
** Lazick's colleague Duke has a case of LoveRedeems after falling InLoveWithTheMark, and is DrivenToSuicide by despair over being forced to kill her.
* GetIntoJailFree: Aware that his employers are about to pull a YouHaveFailedMe card, former mental patient Philadelphia gets himself re-institutionalized to get out of their reach.
* TheGhost: Smiley, the assassin who Duke says forced him to murder Nina, has been killed by his superiors in a fire [[YouHaveFailedMe for letting Duke get away]] when the police go to arrest him, and he never appears in any of the flashbacks.
* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with the police guarding Rico, TheStoolPigeon, right before the trial of the MurderInc leader Rico used to work for. After Rico dies, the police then recall everything that led to the arrests of Rico and his boss, trying to figure out a way to keep their case alive, and most of the remaining movie is told in flashbacks or flashbacks within flashbacks.
* MurderInc: The film features a group of hired killers based on the original, real-life Murder Inc. They have a bad case of NoHonorAmongThieves and unravel pretty fast during a police investigation.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In an effort to shake up Mendoza, the incarcerated BigBad, the heroes toss several pictures of his victims into his cell for him to look at, including that of Nina Lombardo (who supposedly witnessed Mendoza personally commit a murder when she was a child). Looking at those pictures causes Mendoza to realize that Nina's eyes are a different color than the kid from all those years ago, and [[MurderByMistake his men targeted the wrong girl,]] while Nina's roommate is the real witness. This causes Mendoza to send his assassins after the real witness, and the police barely figure it otu in time to save her.
* SeekingSanctuary: When "Big Babe" Lazick fails a job from MurderInc, the cops find him hiding in a church, and he freaks out when they drag him outside, being convinced it's the only place he's safe from assassins.
* WouldNotHitAGirl: Zigzagged. When ProfessionalKiller Duke finds out that Nina is his latest target, he's perturbed, saying he's never killed a woman before, but is still willing to go through with the hit [[InLoveWithTheMark until they fall in love while he's getting close to her for the planned hit.]] Duke and Nina try to go on the run, but Duke's gang catch them and [[KickTheDog force Duke to kill Nina after all.]]
Not to be confused with [[Film/TheEnforcer the third Dirty Harry movie.]]
!!Tropes:
* BadBoss:
** Mendoza orders the murders of almost every person who works for him (although a few survive) for HeKnowsTooMuch or YouHaveFailedMe reasons.
** Rico, TheDragon, kills his subordinate Vince for showing disgust at the amount of blood in a DangerouslyCloseShave murder. He also helps Mendoza kill most of their subordinates to divert the police investigation. Then, when Rico suspects Mendoza is going to kill him, he uses his his last three loyal subordinates as TheBait while hiding nearby to see if they'll be killed.
* BreakTheHaughty: Almost every single ProfessionalKiller in the movie is flippant and cocky about their work. Every one is reduced to a terrified, cowering wreck when faced with being killed by the other assassins, arrested by the police, or both. Rico TheDragon is a particularly sadistic bully who comes across as the most pathetic after multiple attempts on his life once he becomes TheStoolPigeon.
* DangerouslyCloseShave: Rico murders Tony Vetto while he's getting a shave, stepping up to the barber (who has been coerced into helping the killers) and taking the razor from him after he's sharpened it, then approaching Tony (whose back is to them) [[GoryDiscretionShot as the film cuts to the next scene.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: Rico, the MurderInc team leader, falls to his death while trying to climb down a drainpipe to escape from an assassin.
* DisposingOfABody: The killers employ a man called Sad Eyes to bury most of their victims in the swamp.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Big Babe is short for big baby, a nickname Lazick got for being an overweight DirtyCoward.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** ProfessionalKiller "Big Babe" Lazick has a wife and son, and he cooperates with the police to keep his son from being put into foster care.
** Lazick's colleague Duke has a case of LoveRedeems after falling InLoveWithTheMark, and is DrivenToSuicide by despair over being forced to kill her.
* GetIntoJailFree: Aware that his employers are about to pull a YouHaveFailedMe card, former mental patient Philadelphia gets himself re-institutionalized to get out of their reach.
* TheGhost: Smiley, the assassin who Duke says forced him to murder Nina, has been killed by his superiors in a fire [[YouHaveFailedMe for letting Duke get away]] when the police go to arrest him, and he never appears in any of the flashbacks.
* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with the police guarding Rico, TheStoolPigeon, right before the trial of the MurderInc leader Rico used to work for. After Rico dies, the police then recall everything that led to the arrests of Rico and his boss, trying to figure out a way to keep their case alive, and most of the remaining movie is told in flashbacks or flashbacks within flashbacks.
* MurderInc: The film features a group of hired killers based on the original, real-life Murder Inc. They have a bad case of NoHonorAmongThieves and unravel pretty fast during a police investigation.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In an effort to shake up Mendoza, the incarcerated BigBad, the heroes toss several pictures of his victims into his cell for him to look at, including that of Nina Lombardo (who supposedly witnessed Mendoza personally commit a murder when she was a child). Looking at those pictures causes Mendoza to realize that Nina's eyes are a different color than the kid from all those years ago, and [[MurderByMistake his men targeted the wrong girl,]] while Nina's roommate is the real witness. This causes Mendoza to send his assassins after the real witness, and the police barely figure it otu in time to save her.
* SeekingSanctuary: When "Big Babe" Lazick fails a job from MurderInc, the cops find him hiding in a church, and he freaks out when they drag him outside, being convinced it's the only place he's safe from assassins.
* WouldNotHitAGirl: Zigzagged. When ProfessionalKiller Duke finds out that Nina is his latest target, he's perturbed, saying he's never killed a woman before, but is still willing to go through with the hit [[InLoveWithTheMark until they fall in love while he's getting close to her for the planned hit.]] Duke and Nina try to go on the run, but Duke's gang catch them and [[KickTheDog force Duke to kill Nina after all.]]
