Assassination
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEmilio Miraglia
Written byEmil Bridge
Lou Stateman
Luciano Ercoli
(as Andy Colbert)
Massimo De Rita
(as Max Hatired)
StarringHenry Silva
Fred Beir
Evelyn Stewart
Peter Dane
Bill Vanders
CinematographyErico Menczer
Edited bySergio Montanari
Music byRobby Poitevin
Production
companies
Cinegai S.p.A.
Jolly Film
Release date
  • 18 August 1967 (1967-08-18) (Italy)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Assassination is a 1967 Italian thriller-spy film starring Henry Silva. It marked the directorial debut of Emilio Miraglia.[1][2]

Plot

A Secret Service agent, supposedly dead, discovers that his wife is planning to marry the double agent he must expose.

Cast

  • Henry Silva as John Chandler / Philip Chandler
  • Fred Beir as Bob
  • Evelyn Stewart as Barbara
  • Peter Dane as Lang
  • Bill Vanders as Thomas
  • Fred Farrell as Morrison (as Fred Farrell)
  • Roberto Maldera as Otto (as Bob Molden)
  • Karl-Heinz Menzinger as Hans (as Karl Menzinger)
  • Gunther Scholtz as Senator
  • Gert von Zitzewitz as Baron

Reception

The Italian film critic Francesco Puma described the film as "ambiguous, crepuscular and uneasy" and as a Eurospy version of The Late Mattia Pascal.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  2. 1 2 Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 9788876381874.


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