Permission to Kill (1975)
1h 33m
Running Time
November 20, 1975Release Date
Permission to Kill (1975)
1h 33m
Running Time
November 20, 1975Release Date
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Plot.
Western intelligence agents try, by all means necessary, to prevent a Communist-bloc defector from leaving the West in his bid to return home to lead an uprising.
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Cast & Crew.
Dirk Bogarde
Alan Curtis
Ava Gardner
Katina Petersen
Bekim Fehmiu
Alexander Diakim
Nicole Calfan
Melissa Lascade
Timothy Dalton
Charles Lord
Cyril Frankel
Director
Frederic Forrest
Scott Allison
Klaus Wildbolz
Muller
Robin Estridge
Writer
Anthony Dutton
Jennings
Paul Mills
Producer
Peggy Sinclair
Lily
Richard Rodney Bennett
Composer
Dennis Blanch
Brewer
Freddie Young
Cinematographer
Ernest Walter
Editor
John Levene
Adams
Alf Joint
MacNeil
Vladimir Popović
Kostas
Ratislav Plamenac
Pavlos
Oliver Schott
François
Erna Riedl
Mme Diderot
Paul Maxwell
American
John Serret
Frenchman
Anthony Forwood
Englishman
François Baudet
Dr. Giraud
Bob Sessions
Pete
Peter Garell
Carlo
Friedrich Mönnig
Cliff
Fritz von Friedl
1st Security Man
Erwin Fischer
2nd Security Man
Erwin V. Gross
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 20, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Filming LocationsAustria
Genres
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Wiki.
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.
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.