Assignment K is a 1968 British neo noir thriller film directed by Val Guest in Techniscope and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Robert Hoffmann and Jeremy Kemp.[1] The film was based on the 1964 novel Department K by Hartley Howard.
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Directed by | Val Guest |
Screenplay by | Val Guest Bill Strutton Maurice Foster |
Based on | Department K 1964 novel by Hartley Howard |
Produced by | Maurice Foster Ben Arbeid |
Starring | Stephen Boyd Camilla Sparv Michael Redgrave Leo McKern Robert Hoffmann Jeremy Kemp |
Cinematography | Ken Hodges |
Edited by | Jack Slade |
Music by | Basil Kirchin |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production companies | Gildor Productions Mazurka Productions Ltd. |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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]
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