Patrice Leconte

Monsieur Hire, directed by Patrice Leconte, followed in 1989, along with further work with directors Jacques Doillon and Claude Sautet.

in the title role and as the object of Hire's affection

Monsieur Hire is a 1989 French film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Michel Blanc in the title role and Sandrine Bonnaire as the object of Hire's affection.

The Hairdresser

The Hairdresser directed Monsieur Hire which is weird and hypnotic as well as touching no less than Hairdresser’s Husband

Philippe de Broca

The original French director was Jacques Demy who was replaced by Philippe de Broca, also from France, assisted by Emmanuel Gust.

by Frank Tuttle

Hire's directed by Frank Tuttle, and written by Albert Maltz and W.R. Burnett, based on a novel by Graham Greene.

Bernard Borderie

Director of the movies was Bernard Borderie and the main cast was Michèle Mercier as Angélique Sancé de Monteloup and Robert Hossein as Jeoffrey de Peyrac.

Julien Duvivier

Directing was the great French director Julien Duvivier, known as one of the role models for French New Wave filmmaker Jean Renoir.

a young Martin Scorsese

Kastle also tells how a young Martin Scorsese was actually the original director for hire and describes the scenes that Kastle shot.

Jacques Becker

The French director Jacques Becker, then apprentice to Renoir, worked as assistant director and production manager on the film.

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After completing a commercial film for Léon Gaumont, Marcel L'Herbier was offered a contract to work on a prestigious series of films which would be known as "Gaumont Série Pax".

Henry Lehrman

Veteran Henry Lehrman, who had worked with Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin, was the director.

Pat Devin , a Wiccan high priestess of Covenant of the Goddess,

The director of the movie, Andrew Fleming, hired Pat Devin, a Wiccan high priestess of Covenant of the Goddess, to consult on the film and to create spells and rituals that were realistic while still being fictional.

Albert Dieudonné

Jean Renoir acted as Albert Dieudonné's assistant director on the film.

the studio (with Sam Raimi on board as one of the producers)

In an interesting move, the studio (with Sam Raimi on board as one of the producers) hired the film’s director to helm this new version.