Assignment to Kill is a 1968 American drama film in Technicolor and Panavision, directed by Sheldon Reynolds and starring Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud, Herbert Lom, and Oskar Homolka.
Assignment to Kill | |
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Directed by | Sheldon Reynolds |
Screenplay by | Sheldon Reynolds |
Produced by | William Conrad |
Starring | Patrick O'Neal Joan Hackett John Gielgud Herbert Lom |
Cinematography | Enzo Barboni Harold Lipstein |
Edited by | George R. Rohrs |
Music by | William Lava |
Production company | William Conrad Productions |
Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
editA private detective is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping tycoon who is suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships in order to claim the insurance money.
Cast
edit- Patrick O'Neal as Richard Cutting
- Joan Hackett as Dominique Laurant
- John Gielgud as Curt Valayan
- Herbert Lom as Matt Wilson
- Eric Portman as Notary
- Peter van Eyck as Walter Green
- Oskar Homolka as Inspector Ruff
- Leon Greene as The Big Man
- Kent Smith as Mr. Eversley
- Philip Ober as Bohlen
- Ann Prentiss as Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress
References
editExternal links
edit- Assignment to Kill at IMDb
- Assignment to Kill at the TCM Movie Database
- Assignment to Kill at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films