Assignment Redhead (released in the US as Million Dollar Manhunt) is a 1956 British crime thriller film written and directed by Maclean Rogers.[2] It is based on the novel Requiem for a Redhead by Lindsay Hardy. The UK title of this film refers to the accordion-playing character central to the plot, Hedy Bergner, but as the movie is shot in black and white that is the only clue to the fact that she is supposed to be a redhead!

Assignment Redhead
British quad poster
Directed by	Maclean Rogers
Screenplay by	Maclean Rogers
Based on	Requiem for a Redhead by Lindsay Hardy
Produced by	William G. Chalmers Richard Gordon
Starring	Richard Denning Carole Mathews Ronald Adam Danny Green
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Peter Mayhew
Music by	Wilfred Burns
Production companies	Amalgamated Productions Butcher's Film Distributors
Distributed by	Rank Film Organisation (UK)
Release date	1956
Running time	79 mins
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	over £15,000[1]

This film was also released as a radio serial 104 episodes, which was produced in Australia by Grace Gibson Radio Productions.

Premise

A murderous international master criminal (played by Ronald Adam), who specialises in providing false travel documents, seeks to get his hands on a hoard of counterfeit cash.

Cast

• Richard Denning as Major Gregory Keen
• Carole Mathews as Hedy Bergner
• Ronald Adam as Major Scammel / Dumetrius
• Danny Green as Yotti Blum
• Brian Worth as Captain Peter Ridgeway
• Jan Holden as Sally Jennings
• Hugh Moxey as Sergeant Tom Coutts
• Peter Swanwick as Monsieur Paul Bonnet
• Elwyn Brook-Jones as Digby Mitchel
• Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Colonel Julian Fentriss, M.I.5.
• Robert O'Neil as Captain Hank Godowski
• Paul Hardtmuth as Dr. Buchmann
• Bill Nagy as Marzotti
• Alex Gallier as Max Rubenstein
• Robert Bruce as Staff Officer
• George Holdcroft as Nightclub Diner

Production

The film was the first of seven made by Richard Gordon's Amalgamated Productions. It was a co-production with Butcher's Film Distributors.[1]

The film was made for under £15,000 plus the salaries and expenses of the American participants.[1]

References

External links

• Assignment Redhead at IMDb

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