Jack Be Quick

A hired killer waits to meet his client for an assignment only to discover, too late, that he is the intended target for past wrongs. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7776915/

Type:

Short

Status:

Produced

Page Count:

4pp

Genre:

Crime, Drama

Budget:

Shoestring

Age Rating:

13+

Synopsis/Details

Jack, a hitman, comes highly recommended to his client Macey who wants him for an assignment. By phone, she tells him that she will be late, and to make himself at home with some tea and a tray of goodies laid out for Jack by her servant Georgie. Jack finds the door is indeed unlocked and quickly checks out the house. Finding everything in order, he relaxes with a cup of tea and a cinnamon bun. His cell phone rings, and Macey outlines his crimes through a devious rendition of a nursery rhyme as the poison from the tea and the bun take hold and kill him.

All Accolades & Coverage

1) Canada Shorts Film Festival 2020 - Winner: Award of Commendation
2) One-Reeler Short Film Competition 2020 - Honorable Mention: December 2020

Story & Logistics

Moral Affections:

Bad Man

Cast Size:

Couple

Locations:

Couple

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Male Middle Aged

Villian Type:

Criminal

Advanced

Time Period:

Contemporary times

Country:

Canada

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Submitted: 2022-Sep-20

Last Updated: 2025-Aug-03

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The Writer: Sarah Nicole Faucher

Growing up as a severely hard-of-hearing and racially mixed child, Sarah Nicole Faucher gained invaluable insights into the human condition as she lip-read her parents’ conversations who were involved with Canadian Military Intelligence during the Cold War. As a result, she escaped in stories by Lloyd Alexander, Ursula K. LeGuin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Taliesin (The Mabinogian), and others. During her years at Carleton University, she studied Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Franz Kafka, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and more towards her BA in English & Religious Studies. Sarah Nicole Faucher is a disability activist, poet, short fiction writer (under the name Nicole Matthews), and screenwriter of award-… Go to bio

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Jack Be Quick

Synopsis/Details

All Accolades & Coverage

The Writer: Sarah Nicole Faucher

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