Permission to Kill | |
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Directed by | Cyril Frankel |
Written by | Robin Estridge |
Produced by | Paul Mills |
Starring | Dirk Bogarde Ava Gardner Bekim Fehmiu |
Cinematography | Freddie Young |
Edited by | Ernest Walter |
Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
Production company | |
Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures (in the United Kingdom through Columbia-Warner Distributors[2]) |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | Austria United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Permission to Kill, also known as The Executioner, is a 1975 spy thriller film made by Sascha-Verleih and distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and produced by Paul Mills from a screenplay by Robin Estridge. The film had original music by Richard Rodney Bennett and the cinematography was by Freddie Young.
The film stars Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner and Bekim Fehmiu with Timothy Dalton, Nicole Calfan and Frederic Forrest.
The film is an Austrian-British-American co-production and was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location in Gmunden, Austria.
Plot
British agents try to stop a communist returning home from the West.[3]
Partial cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Alan Curtis
- Ava Gardner as Katina Petersen
- Bekim Fehmiu as Alexander Diakim
- Timothy Dalton as Charles Lord
- Nicole Calfan as Melissa Lascade
- Frederic Forrest as Scott Allison
- John Levene as Adams
- Klaus Wildbolz as Muller
- Anthony Dutton as Jennings
- Peggy Sinclair as Lily
- Dennis Blanch as Brewer
- Alf Joint as MacNeil
- Vladimir Popovic as Kostas
- Ratislav Plamenac as Pavlos
- Oliver Schott as François
- Erna Riedl as Mme Diderot
- Paul Maxwell as American
- John Serret as Frenchman
- Anthony Forwood as Englishman
- François Baudet as Dr. Giraud
- Bob Sessions as Pete
- Peter Garell as Carlo
- Friedrich Mönnig as Cliff
- Fritz von Friedl as 1st Security Man
- Erwin Fischer as 2nd Security Man
References
- ↑ "Permission to Kill / 30x40 / USA".
- ↑ "Permission to Kill (1975)". BBFC. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ↑ "TV guide from 1988" (JPG). Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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