Matt Wilson Patrick O'Neal. Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2012. Foster makes the business a success, but his personal life suffers. Patrick O'Neal and Joan Hackett have wonderful chemistry, so much that you wish it had had a Hollywood ending. Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. We use cookies to help give you a better experience on TMDb. Starts off good and then fizzles out. (1968). Assignment to Kill Details. Lom plays Gielgud's evil employee who is up to no good. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there. (They drop the ball here, seriously) No chance to become another "Charade." The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence. Collect bonus rewards from our many partners, including AMC, Stubs, Cinemark Connections, Regal Crown Club when you link accounts. Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2014. Assignment to Kill. Sign in to see videos available to you. Good print. We know that for a fact today, but this was 1967 when the whole world was transfixed by Cold War and Vietnam, and couldn't see what was really happening behind the scenes. Drama. Director Reynolds had diamonds in his hands here but left us with rocks. Overview. Cast and crew credits for Assignment To Kill, 1969, directed by Sheldon Reynolds, with Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett, John Gielgud, at Turner Classic Movies $9.99 Buy SD. Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. I remembered seeing Assignment to Kill when I was a teenager (a long time ago) but what struck me when I saw it was that the dialogue and the exchanges between the parties involved was intense, and very well-written. Assignment to Kill Businessman Gerald Axton goes to his ranch to rest, having had a near-heart-attack due to business worries. ", "Everyone ends up in the same damned place. (as Cynthia Baxter). O'Neal did a superb job of acting in it too. A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Add the first question. Sheldon Reynolds. It has all the marks of another "Charade," international cast, (Herbert Lom, Eric Portman, john Gielgud) European locales, the Alps all shot in exquisite color sharply lit, but then what the actors utter falls flat with little wit or flair. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2015, Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Assignment to Kill (1968) 16 12/01/1968 (US) Crime 1h 42m User Score. Not Yet Rated 1 hr 42 min Dec 1st, 1968 Crime. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. A deaf boxer is exploited by a gold-digging blonde. Patrick O'Neal What's on TV & Streaming What's on TV & Streaming Top Rated Shows … Check out 'Let Him Go,' 'The Informer' and our favorite movie spies, Final girls, scream queens and the fiercest femmes, Find safety procedures announced by your theater, Nat Wolff can shoot lightning in this exclusive clip from 'Mortal', What to Watch on FandangoNOW: Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor,’ Eva Green in ‘Proxima’ and More, This Week in Movie News: ‘The People Under the Stairs’ and ‘The Painter and the Thief’ Set for Remakes and More. Ugh! He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of Assignment To Kill with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at TVGuide.com Assignment to Kill Cast and Crew. Runtime: 1 hr. You need to be logged in to continue. Action, Certificate: Passed Plot. Rip MacCool has learned early in life that "money talks" (and other stuff walks), as does the audience via flashbacks, and when he arrives in San Francisco, he has no qualms about being ... See full summary ». Top Billed Cast. Directed by Sheldon Reynolds. A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. It's a good flick, certineally not the best movie ever made but a descent thriller with a fine cast. Rack up 500 points and you'll score a $5 reward for more movies. O'Neal is an insurance investigator who is hired to find out why so many of shipping tycoon Gielgud's ships are sinking mysteriously. ", "The Helen Reddy story and the song that inspired a revolution", 'The Opening Act' Interviews with Jimmy O. Yang & Steve Byrne. Click here to login or here to sign up. This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb. This had some really great dialogue throughout, making it an even more pleasurable experience besides the intriguing offbeat plot and great locations. In the end, though, we learn about how to settle scores like a chess game. Joan Hackett. Crime, Drama. Was this review helpful to you? Directed by. Dominique Laurant. Sheldon Reynolds. Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2011. Photo Credits: Netflix; Pop TV; Robert Viglasky, Hartswood Films; Fred Hayes/Disney+, Fox, PopTV; Bettina Strauss/Netflix; Nicole Rivelli/Amazon, Netflix, Frank Masi/Apple, Disney, Jasper Savage/Hulu; Diyah Pera/CW, Here's What's New to Stream in November on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Disney+, and More. Adventure, Certificate: Passed The photography is extremely colorful and looked great with original 35mm Panavision widescreen prints in IB Technicolor. Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2015. Dominique Laurant John Gielgud. 3. Unpardonable to me, the editor cuts away from Dominique before she finishes her lines throughout drawing attention to The Men like O'Neal who is no Connery here soon to make his mark in Columbo episodes.