Orders to Kill
Time Out says
A way above average Asquith film, this is a WWII drama, with Massie sent to Occupied Paris to kill a Resistance leader (French) suspected of being a Nazi collaborator. But his target turns out to be a mild-mannered family man with Lillian Gish for a mother. Despite his doubts (later proved to be well-founded), the deed is done, and the movie starts to focus on Massie's later life. Working well in the first half as a thriller, it then turns into a Graham Greene-like, intensely Catholic study of the conflict between conscience and duty.
Details
Release details
Duration:
111 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Anthony Asquith
Screenwriter:
Paul Dehn
Cast:
Paul Massie
Irene Worth
Lillian Gish
Eddie Albert
Leslie French
James Robertson Justice
John Crawford
Lionel Jeffries
Sandra Dorne
Jacques Brunius
Irene Worth
Lillian Gish
Eddie Albert
Leslie French
James Robertson Justice
John Crawford
Lionel Jeffries
Sandra Dorne
Jacques Brunius
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