''Assignment to Kill'' is a 1968 American

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and

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, directed by Sheldon Reynolds and starring Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett,

John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud ( ; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Britis ...

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, and Oskar Homolka.

Plot

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is hired by an

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to investigate a

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tycoon who is suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships in order to claim the insurance money.

Cast

* Patrick O'Neal as Richard Cutting * Joan Hackett as Dominique Laurant *

as Curt Valayan *

as Matt Wilson *

Eric Portman Eric Harold Portman (13 July 1901 – 7 December 1969) was an English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in three films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s. Early life Born in Halifax, ...

as Notary * Peter van Eyck as Walter Green * Oskar Homolka as Inspector Ruff * Leon Greene as The Big Man *

Kent Smith Frank Kent SmithGordon, Dr. Roger L. (2018). Supporting Actors in Motion Pictures: Volume II'. Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Publishing. pp. 130, 131. . "Kent Smith: Frank Kent Smith was born on March 19, 1907, in New York City. ..He was marrie ...

as Mr. Eversley *

Philip Ober Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor who later retired from performing to be a foreign service diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films '' From Here to Eternity'' ( ...

as Bohlen * Ann Prentiss as Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress

References

* List of American films of 1968

External links

* * * 1968 films 1968 drama films American detective films Films set in Switzerland American drama films Films scored by William Lava Warner Bros. films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films English-language drama films {{crime-drama-film-stub