The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Synopsis of The Assassination Bureau
The Assassination Bureau is loosely based on a turn-of-the-century yarn written by Jack London. Nellie Bly-style girl reporter Sonya Winter (Diana Rigg) tries to get the goods on shady businessman Ivan Dragomiloff (Oliver Reed). Ivan is in charge of a wide-reaching organization which, for a price, assassinates those who "need killing." As a challenge, Sonya offers to pay Ivan a huge sum if he'll instruct his minions to assassinate him; Ivan agrees, hoping that it will put a little kick in his work. Despite his profession, Ivan isn't the villain of the piece; that honor goes to evil nobleman Lord Bostwick (Telly Savalas), whose perfidy leads Sonya into joining forces with the Assassination Bureau. A wild climactic chase in a zeppelin caps this tongue-in-cheek escapade. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 109 mins
Complete Cast of The Assassination Bureau
- Oliver Reed - Ivan Dragomiloff
- Telly Savalas - Lord Bostwick
- Philippe Noiret - Lucoville
- Clive Revill - Cesare Spado
- Vernon Dobtcheff - Muntzov
- Peter Bowles
- Katherine Kath - Mme. Lucoville
- Beryl Reid - Mme. Otero
- Michael Wolf - Officer
- Gordon Sterne - Corporal
- Ralph Michael - Editor
- Eugene Deckers - Desk Clerk
- Diana Rigg - Sonya Winter
- Curd Jürgens - Gen. von Pinck
- Warren Mitchell - Weiss
- Kenneth Griffith - Popescu
- Annabella Incontrera - Elenora
- George Coulouris - Peasant
- George Murcell - Pilot
- Victor Kendall - Clients at Mme. Otero's
- Jeremy Lloyd - English Officer
- Olaf Pooley - Swiss Cashier
- Jess Conrad - Angelo
- Director(s):
- Basil Dearden
- Writer(s):
- Michael Relph
- Producer(s):
- Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
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