The Spy Killer
Appearance
The Spy Killer | |
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Based on | private i by Jimmy Sangster |
Written by | Jimmy Sangster |
Directed by | Roy Ward Baker |
Starring | Robert Horton Sebastian Cabot Jill St. John |
Music by | Johnny Pearson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Jimmy Sangster Harold D. Cohen |
Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
Editor | Spencer Reeve |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production companies | American Broadcasting Company Halsan Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | November 11, 1969 |
The Spy Killer is a 1969 American action thriller drama spy television film originally aired on ABC and directed by Roy Ward Baker. Its teleplay, written by Jimmy Sangster, was based on his own 1967 novel private i.[1] The film starred Robert Horton, Sebastian Cabot, and Jill St. John. In the following year, a sequel titled Foreign Exchange was released with the same main cast and crew.
Both novels were reprinted by Brash Books in September 2019 in ebook, paperback and audio editions.
References
- ^ "Jimmy Sangster's John Smith Spy Novels: private i (Triton, 1967)". Existential Ennui. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
External links
Categories:
- 1969 television films
- Action television films
- Thriller television films
- Drama television films
- Spy television films
- ABC Movie of the Week
- Films directed by Roy Ward Baker
- 1960s spy films
- Films with screenplays by Jimmy Sangster
- Cold War spy films
- Films produced by Jimmy Sangster
- American television film stubs
- Action thriller film stubs