| Freelance | |
| Director: | Francis Megahy |
| Producer: | Francis Megahy executive Lynn S. Raynor Ronan O'Casey |
| Starring: | Ian McShane Gayle Hunnicutt Keith Barron Alan Lake Peter Gilmore Luan Peters |
| Music: | Basil Kirchin |
| Cinematography: | Norman Langley |
| Editing: | Arthur Solomon |
| Distributor: | Commonwealth United Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | £200,000[1] |
Freelance (US title: Con Man) is a 1971 British thriller film written and directed by Francis Megahy and starring Ian McShane.[2] It was not released in England until 1976. A con artist witnesses an assassination.
Mitch is a small-time London con-artist. When he witnesses a gangland hit, he is forced to lie low while trying to carry out his own various schemes.
Filming began in London in October 1969.[3] It was Ian MacShane's fourth lead role of the year, following Tam-Lin (1970), Battle of Britain (1969), and Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970).[4]
The Cambridge Evening News called it "a film of such ordinariness that one wonders how it ever got to be made."[5]