Connection
Assignment to Kill is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sheldon Reynolds released in USA on 1 december 1968 with Patrick O'Neal
Assignment to Kill (1968)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listAssignment to Kill is a 1968 American drama film directed by Sheldon Reynolds and starring Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud, Herbert Lom and Oskar Homolka.
Synopsis
A private detective is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping tycoon who is suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships in order to claim the insurance money.Actors
Patrick O'Neal
(Richard Cutting)
Joan Hackett
(Dominique Laurant)
John Gielgud
(Curt Valayan)
Herbert Lom
(Matt Wilson)
Eric Portman
(Notary)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Assignment to Kill
There are 240 films with the same actors, 2 films with the same director, 66667 with the same cinematographic genres (including 8560 with exactly the same 2 genres than Assignment to Kill), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Assignment to Kill, you will probably like those similar films :
Foreign Intrigue (1956)
, 1h40Directed by Sheldon Reynolds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Noir, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Geneviève Page, Ingrid Thulin, Inga Tidblad, Lauritz Falk, Peter Copley
Rating59%
Dave Bishop (Robert Mitchum) is a journalist paid by the wealthy Victor Danemore to create false press releases regarding Danemore's life. When Danemore dies suddenly of a heart attack, Bishop enters into a world of espionage and blackmail while uncovering Danemore's secret past.
Killer's Carnival (1966)
, 1h44Directed by Robert Lynn, Alberto Cardone, Louis Soulanes, Sheldon Reynolds
Origin German
Themes Spy films
Actors Stewart Granger, Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Karin Dor, Pascale Petit, Margaret Lee
Rating47%
A murderer takes refuge in a doctor's home, and the doctor tells him three stories in an attempt to convince him that crime doesn't pay.
The Last of Sheila (1973)
, 2hDirected by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, Raquel Welch, Joan Hackett
Rating71%
On a one-week Mediterranean pleasure cruise aboard the yacht of movie producer Clinton Greene (Coburn), the guests include actress Alice Wood (Welch), her talent-manager husband Anthony (McShane), talent agent Christine (Cannon), screenwriter Tom Parkman (Benjamin), Tom's wife Lee (Hackett), and film director Philip Dexter (Mason).
Beautiful Stranger (1954)
, 1h29Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, Stanley Baker, Jacques Bergerac, Margaret Rawlings, Eddie Byrne
Rating58%
Joan Victor, an actress known as "Johnny" to her friends, is living in Cannes, France, where she and financier Louis Galt plan to marry as soon as he gets a divorce.
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
, 1h9Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Tod Slaughter, Eric Portman, Norman Pierce, Harry Terry
Rating56%
, 1h10Directed by Milton Rosmer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Tod Slaughter, Eric Portman, Clare Greet, Dennis Hoey, Tom Payne
Rating58%
The unfortunately-surnamed actor Tod Slaughter, in his film debut, plays William Corderes, the lover who seduces then murders innocent country maiden Maria Marten (Sophie Stewart) in the red barn before burying her body beneath the barn floor.
Hyde Park Corner (1935)
, 1h25Directed by Sinclair Hill
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale, Eric Portman, Gibb McLaughlin, Donald Wolfit, David Horne
Rating55%
In the 1780s, after an evening of illegal gambling two of the participants fight a duel in which the wronged party is killed by the villain who has just cheated to win the newly built house at Hyde Park Corner from him. Officer Cheatle of the Bow Street Runners is able to arrest those present for gambling, but is unable to prove that a murder has occurred.
Deadfall (1968)
, 1h38Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Heist films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman, David Buck, John Barry
Rating57%
Cat burglar Henry Clarke (Michael Caine) checks himself into a Spanish sanitarium for alcoholics under a false pretense. His true motivation is to get closer to a wealthy patient named Salinas (David Buck) and then rob his magnificent house.
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
, 1h27Directed by Gordon Hessler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy, Lilli Palmer
Rating52%
The story revolves around an early 20th century theatre troupe in Paris specializing in gory, naturalistic horror plays in the fashion of the Grand Guignol. The director, Cesar Charron (Jason Robards), is presenting Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue". Cesar's wife, the actress Madeline (Christine Kaufmann), whose mother (Lilli Palmer) had been murdered by axe, is haunted by nightmares of an ax-wielding man. Then, suddenly, Rene Marot (Herbert Lom), a former lover of Madeline's mother thought long dead after being horribly disfigured on stage, mysteriously returns and begins murdering members and ex-members of the acting troupe, confounding the Paris police, who initially suspect Cesar.
West 11 (1963)
, 1h33Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alfred Lynch, Eric Portman, Diana Dors, David Hemmings, Kathleen Harrison, Finlay Currie
Rating64%
In Notting Hill's jazz club, coffee bar and bedsit land of the early 1960s, Joe Beckett is a young unemployed misfit and drifter whose life takes a turn for the worse when he encounters Richard Dyce, an ex-army veteran. Dyce persuades Beckett it will be in his interests to bump off Dyce's wealthy aunt for her money. Beckett travels to the old lady's house on the South coast, and prepares to murder her, but loses his nerve and in a struggle, accidentally pushes her down a flight of stairs, killing her anyway. After a witness reports him, Beckett returns to his digs and finds the police waiting for him. Dyce denies all involvement and Beckett panics and turns himself in.