Assignment to Kill

1968 film by Sheldon Reynolds

Assignment to Kill

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Sheldon Reynolds
Screenplay by| Sheldon Reynolds
Produced by| William Conrad
Starring| Patrick O'Neal
Joan Hackett
John Gielgud
Herbert Lom
Cinematography| Enzo Barboni
Harold Lipstein
Edited by| George R. Rohrs
Music by| William Lava

Production
company

William Conrad Productions

Distributed by| Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

Release date

* December 1968 (1968-12)

Running time

| 102 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Assignment to Kill is a 1968 American drama film in Technicolor and Panavision, directed by Sheldon Reynolds and starring Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud, Herbert Lom, and Oskar Homolka.

## Plot

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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.

## Cast

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* Patrick O'Neal as Richard Cutting
* Joan Hackett as Dominique Laurant
* John Gielgud as Curt Valayan
* Herbert Lom as Matt Wilson
* Eric Portman as Notary
* Peter van Eyck as Walter Green
* Oskar Homolka as Inspector Ruff
* Leon Greene as The Big Man
* Kent Smith as Mr. Eversley
* Philip Ober as Bohlen
* Ann Prentiss as Hotel Party Girl in Red Dress

## References

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* List of American films of 1968

## External links

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* Assignment to Kill at IMDb
* Assignment to Kill at the TCM Movie Database
* Assignment to Kill at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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