Assignment K

Assignment K
Assignment K
Directed by	Val Guest
Written by	Maurice Foster; Val Guest; Bill Strutton
Based on	Department K; 1964 novel; by Hartley Howard
Produced by	Maurice Foster; Ben Arbeid
Starring	Stephen Boyd; Camilla Sparv; Michael Redgrave; Leo McKern
Cinematography	Ken Hodges
Edited by	Jack Slade
Music by	Basil Kirchin
Production; company	Gildor Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 1968
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Assignment K is a 1968 British Technicolor neo noir thriller film directed by Val Guest in Techniscope and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave and Leo McKern.^[1] The film was based on the 1964 novel Department K by Hartley Howard.

Premise

A British spy has his cover blown, leading to the East German Stasi kidnapping his girlfriend to try to extract information about his double agents' activities.^[2]

Cast

Stephen Boyd as Philip Scott
Camilla Sparv as Toni Peters
Michael Redgrave as Harris
Leo McKern as Smith
Jeremy Kemp as Hal
Robert Hoffmann as Paul Spiegler
Jane Merrow as Martine
Carl Möhner as Inspector
Vivi Bach as Erika Herschel
Werner Peters as Kramer
Dieter Geissler [de] as Kurt
John Alderton as George
Jan Werich as Dr. Spiegler
David Healy as David
Ursula Howells as Estelle
Basil Dignam as Howlett
Geoffrey Bayldon as The Boffin
Catherine Schell as Maggi

References

^ "Assignment K(1968)". Yahoo Movies. Retrieved 31 May 2012. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Assignment K(1968)". TCM. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

External links

Assignment K at IMDb
Assignment K at AllMovie
Assignment K at the TCM Movie Database
Assignment K at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] "Assignment K(1968)". Yahoo Movies. Retrieved 31 May 2012. ^{[dead link]}

[2] "Assignment K(1968)". TCM. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

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