Permission to Kill, also known as The Executioner, is a 1975 spy thriller film made by Sascha-Verleih and distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and produced by Paul Mills from a screenplay by Robin Estridge. The film had original music by Richard Rodney Bennett and the cinematography was by Freddie Young.
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Directed by | Cyril Frankel |
Written by | Robin Estridge |
Produced by | Paul Mills |
Starring | Dirk Bogarde Ava Gardner Bekim Fehmiu |
Cinematography | Freddie Young |
Edited by | Ernest Walter |
Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
Production company | Sascha Film |
Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures (in the United Kingdom through Columbia-Warner Distributors[2]) |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | Austria United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
The film stars Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner and Bekim Fehmiu with Timothy Dalton, Nicole Calfan and Frederic Forrest.
The film is an Austrian-British-American co-production and was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location in Gmunden, Austria.
British agents try to stop a communist returning home from the West.[3]
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