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Bookmark this pageThe Assassination Bureau (1968)
Director: Basil Dearden
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
None too witty black comedy, loosely based on Stevenson's unfinished novel and set in the first decade of this century. Rigg is the journalist who uncovers a secret organisation of professional killers, and manages to fight it with the help of its leader (Reed), who falls in love with her. Amid all the heavy caricaturing and the funereal pace, only Geoffrey Unsworth's photography of the Venetian scenes is of note.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Basil Dearden
Producer: Michael Relph
Cast: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 110 mins
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