''Assignment K'' is a 1968 British

neo noir Neo-noir is a revival of film noir, a genre that had originally flourished during the post-World War II era in the United Statesroughly from 1940 to 1960. The French term, ''film noir'', translates literally to English as "black film", indicating s ...

thriller film directed by Val Guest in Techniscope and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Robert Hoffmann and Jeremy Kemp. The film was based on the 1964 novel ''

Department K ''Department K'' is a 1964 spy novel, spy thriller novel by the British writer Hartley Howard. It was published in the United States under the alternative title ''Assignment K''. Film adaptation In 1968 it was adapted into the film ''Assignment ...

'' by

Hartley Howard Leopold Horace Ognall (20 June 1908 – 12 April 1979),''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' known by the pen names Hartley Howard and Harry Carmichael, was a British crime novelist. Ognall was born in Montreal and worked ...

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A British spy has his cover blown, leading to the East German

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kidnapping his girlfriend to try to extract information about his double agents' activities.

Cast

* Stephen Boyd as Philip Scott * Camilla Sparv as Toni Peters * Michael Redgrave as Harris * Leo McKern as Smith * Robert Hoffmann as Paul Spiegler * Jeremy Kemp as Hal * Jane Merrow as Martine * Carl Möhner as Inspector (as Carl Moehner) *

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as Erika Herschel * Werner Peters as Kramer * Dieter Geissler as Kurt * John Alderton as George * Jan Werich as Dr. Spiegler * David Healy as David * Ursula Howells as Estelle * Basil Dignam as Howlett * Geoffrey Bayldon as The Boffin * Joachim Hansen as Heinrich Herschel

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