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The Executioner (Original title)
Dates: 1970 (Copyright), 1970 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: Sam Wanamaker

Synopsis: When his mission goes sour and several of his team are killed by the Soviet counter-espionage, grim spy John Spay suspects one of the British agents of being a traitor. Spay sends his agent and secretary to investigate the matter.

Genre:
Thriller

Subject:
Espionage
Releases
Date: 1970Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Length: 9968 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (25)
©: Ameran Films, Columbia Pictures presents: Columbia Pictures, Produced by: Charles H. Schneer, Production Manager: J. Comfort, Location Manager: B. Coates, Assistant Director: P. Price, Continuity: B. Rowland, Casting: M. Brickman, Written by: Jack Pulman, From a story by: Gordon McDonell, Director of Photography: Denys Coop, Camera Operator: A. Hall, Editor: R. Watts, Art Director: E. Marshall, Costume Designer: Y. Caffin, Wardrobe Supervisor: E. Boyce, Wardrobe Mistress: J. Lucas, Chief Make-up: T. Crole-rees, Music composed and conducted: Ron Goodwin, Electronic Sounds: P. Zinovieff, Sound: I. Bruce, Logo [Sound System]: Westrex Recording System, Re-recorded at: De Lane Lea, Sound Editor: C. Smith
Cast (13)
George Peppard (John Shay), Joan Collins (Sarah Booth), Judy Geeson (Polly Bendel), Oscar Homolka (Racovsky), Charles Gray (Vaughan Jones), Keith Michell (Adam Booth), George Baker (Philip Crawford), Nigel Patrick (Colonel Scott), Alexander Scourby (Professor Parker), Peter Bull (Butterfield), Ernest Clark (Roper), Peter Dyneley (Balkov), Gisela Dali (Anna)