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Assignment to Kill is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sheldon Reynolds released in USA on 1 december 1968 with Patrick O'Neal
Assignment to Kill (1968)
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Add to a movie listAssignment to Kill is a 1968 American drama film directed by Sheldon Reynolds and starring Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud, Herbert Lom and Oskar Homolka.
Synopsis
A private detective is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping tycoon who is suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships in order to claim the insurance money.Actors
Patrick O'Neal
(Richard Cutting)
Joan Hackett
(Dominique Laurant)
John Gielgud
(Curt Valayan)
Herbert Lom
(Matt Wilson)
Eric Portman
(Notary)
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