Crime ·Drama ·Mystery · United States of America · 1968 · 1h 42m

Assignment to Kill

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Director
Sheldon Reynolds
Cast
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
Crew
Enzo Barboni — Director of Photography George R. Rohrs — Editor Sheldon Reynolds — Writer Jimmy Lydon — Producer
Tagline

Poor Dominique...she was always in hot water. Now she was in over her head - in the middle of a $15,000,000 international conspiracy. Richard Cutting's dead girl friend triggers this assignment to kill.

Synopsis

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.

Mood & Themes
detectivezurichswitzerlandinsurance fraudbluffmurderprivate investigatorinsurance investigatorprivate detectivewoman drownedsinking shipprivate eye
Key Collaborators
Sheldon Reynolds Director Enzo Barboni Director of Photography George R. Rohrs Editor Sheldon Reynolds Writer Jimmy Lydon Producer
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