Permission to Kill (1975)
Directed by Cyril Frankel

Drama / Thriller
aka: The Executioner

Film Synopsis

An exiled political leader decides to return to his home country to give his support to a popular uprising and oust the country's dictator.   Unfortunately, it is not in the best interests of the West for him to return and so a spy ring is tasked with preventing him from reaching his country.  Several old friends and hired killers band together to help him thwart western intelligence...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Cyril Frankel
  • Script: Robin Estridge
  • Cinematographer: Freddie Young
  • Music: Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Cast: Dirk Bogarde (Alan Curtis), Ava Gardner (Katina Petersen), Bekim Fehmiu (Alexander Diakim), Timothy Dalton (Charles Lord), Nicole Calfan (Melissa Lascade), Frederic Forrest (Scott Allison), Klaus Wildbolz (Muller), Anthony Dutton (Jennings), Peggy Sinclair (Lily), Dennis Blanch (Brewer), John Levene (Adams), Alf Joint (MacNeil), Vladimir Popovic (Kostas), Ratislav Plamenac (Pavlos), Oliver Schott (François), Erna Riedl (Mme Diderot), Paul Maxwell (American), John Serret (Frenchman), Anthony Forwood (Englishman), François Baudet (Dr. Giraud)
  • Country: UK / Austria / USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 93 min
  • Aka: The Executioner

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