Permission to Kill
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.
| Permission to Kill | |
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 Original film poster by Robert Tanenbaum[1] | |
| 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 |
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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