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A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Curd Jürgens
- Gen. von Pinck
- (as Curt Jurgens)
John Abineri
- Police Inspector
- (uncredited)
John Adams
- French President
- (uncredited)
Jonathan Adams
- French President
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaJack London's original novel was left markedly incomplete at the time of his death, and it was not until many decades later that the thriller-writer Robert L. Fish (also known as Robert L. Pike) finished it for publication, amidst much publicity. The novel is noticeably more serious in tone than this movie, although a New York Times review at the time called it "delightfully ridiculous".
- GoofsIn the scene, about 40-45 minutes in, where Lord Bostwick visits General Van Pinck whilst the latter is at fencing practice, you will see a map of Europe on the wall. Although this film ostensibly takes place before World War I, the map is of post-Versailles Europe, c.1925-1939.
- Quotes
Miss Winter: With your ideas, I'm surprised you're shocked at the thought of war.
Ivan Dragomiloff: Not at all. It's purely a matter of business. How can we charge our sort of prices with everybody happily killing each other for a shilling a day?
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In turn of the century London, a female journalist (Diana Rigg) pays for an assasination organisation to assassinate their own leader (Oliver Reed) whom she eventually falls in love with. He in turn bumps off any of his assailants.
Produced and co-written by Michael Relph, this zany big budget comedy is very much of its time with a dark himour that doesn't quite pay off; the comedy is not sharp enough to have a broad appeal or even provide many laughs, but is a fast moving, colourful film (shot by Geoffrey Unsworth) that has plenty to look at.
Produced and co-written by Michael Relph, this zany big budget comedy is very much of its time with a dark himour that doesn't quite pay off; the comedy is not sharp enough to have a broad appeal or even provide many laughs, but is a fast moving, colourful film (shot by Geoffrey Unsworth) that has plenty to look at.
- vampire_hounddog
- Oct 18, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Assassination Bureau (1969) officially released in India in English?
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