Permission to Kill

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.

Plot

British agents try to stop a communist returning home from the West.

Partial cast

Dirk Bogarde as Alan Curtis

Ava Gardner as Katina Petersen

Bekim Fehmiu as Alexander Diakim

Timothy Dalton as Charles Lord

Nicole Calfan as Melissa Lascade

Frederic Forrest as Scott Allison

John Levene as Adams

Klaus Wildbolz as Muller

Anthony Dutton as Jennings

Peggy Sinclair as Lily

Dennis Blanch as Brewer

Alf Joint as MacNeil

Vladimir Popovic as Kostas

Ratislav Plamenac as Pavlos

Oliver Schott as François

Erna Riedl as Mme Diderot

Paul Maxwell as American

John Serret as Frenchman

Anthony Forwood as Englishman

François Baudet as Dr. Giraud

Bob Sessions as Pete

Peter Garell as Carlo

Friedrich Mönnig as Cliff

Fritz von Friedl as 1st Security Man

Erwin Fischer as 2nd Security Man

References

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1975 films

American spy thriller films

British spy thriller films

Austrian thriller films

English-language Austrian films

1970s thriller films

Films scored by Richard Rodney Bennett

Films set in Austria

Films shot in Austria

Embassy Pictures films

Films shot at Sievering Studios

1970s spy thriller films

Films directed by Cyril Frankel

1970s English-language films

1970s American films

1970s British films