The Hard Way (1979)

Description

Professional hitman John Connor carries out his final assassination and then retires. Subsequently his handler McNeal wants him to perform one more execution, which he promises will be the final one. Connor insists he is retired and refuses to take the assignment, until coerced by McNeal, who threatens to harm his estranged wife. Connor appears to cooperate in the preparations for the hit, but suddenly aborts the mission and flees, taking with him the custom rifle engineered for the assassination. McNeal's men pursue Connor but he kills them. At the climax of the film, Connor confronts McNeal.