Assassination (1967 film)

Assassination
Assassination
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Emilio Miraglia
Written by	Emil Bridge; Lou Stateman; Luciano Ercoli; (as Andy Colbert); Massimo De Rita; (as Max Hatired)
Starring	Henry Silva; Fred Beir; Evelyn Stewart; Peter Dane; Bill Vanders
Cinematography	Erico Menczer
Edited by	Sergio Montanari
Music by	Robby Poitevin
Production; companies	Cinegai S.p.A.; Jolly Film
Release date	18 August 1967 (Italy);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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

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

External links

Assassination at IMDb

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[60-69-l-1] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.

[jyj-2] Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 9788876381874.

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