Assignment to Kill
Encyclopedia
Assignment 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. 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.
United States
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drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Sheldon Reynolds and starring Patrick O'Neal, Joan Hackett
Joan Hackett
Joan Ann Hackett was an American actress who appeared on stage, in films, and on television.- Early life :She was born in New York City of Irish and Italian extraction...
, John Gielgud
John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937...
, Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom is a Czech film actor, best known for his role as former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movie series.-Life and career:...
and Oskar Homolka. A private detective is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping
Shipping
Shipping has multiple meanings. It can be a physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo, by land, air, and sea. It also can describe the movement of objects by ship.Land or "ground" shipping can be by train or by truck...
tycoon who is suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships in order to claim the insurance money.