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Orders to Kill
British theatrical poster
Directed byAnthony Asquith
Written by
  • Paul Dehn
  • George St. George
  • Donald C. Downes (original story)
Produced byAnthony Havelock-Allan
Starring
  • Eddie Albert
  • Paul Massie
  • Lillian Gish
  • James Robertson Justice
  • Irene Worth
  • Philip Bond
  • Leslie French
  • John Crawford
CinematographyDesmond Dickinson
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Distributed by
  • British Lion Film Corporation (U.K.)
  • United Motion Pictures Organization (U.S.)
Release date
  • March 1958 (1958-03)[1]
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£170,832[2]

Orders to Kill is a 1958 British wartime drama film.[3] It starred Paul Massie, Eddie Albert and Irene Worth and was directed by Anthony Asquith. The film is based on a story by Donald Chase Downes,[4][5] a former American intelligence operative who also acted as technical adviser to the film. Downes's story was screenwritten by George St. George and Paul Dehn.

  1. ^ "Britain's Cannes Entry". Variety. 2 April 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2023 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 359
  3. ^ Sandra Brennan. "Orders to Kill (1958) - Anthony Asquith - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ "Orders to Kill (1958)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
  5. ^ pp. 152-246 Winks, Robin W. Cloak & Gown: Scholars in the Secret War, 1939-1961 Yale University Press, 1996

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