The Assassination Bureau Limited
The Assassination Bureau Limited (also known The Assassination Bureau in the United States) is a 1969 British Technicolor black comedy adventure film, produced by Michael Relph, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, and Curd Jürgens. It was released in the U.S. by Paramount Pictures and is based on Jack London's unfinished novel, The Assassination Bureau, Ltd, posthumously published in 1963. Unlike the novel, which is set in the United States, the film is set in Europe.
Plot
In London, in 1908, aspiring journalist and women's rights campaigner Sonia Winter (Diana Rigg) uncovers an organisation that specialises in killing for money, the Assassination Bureau Limited. To bring about its destruction, she commissions the assassination of the bureau's own chairman, Ivan Dragomiloff (Oliver Reed) for £20,000 after being bankrolled by her employer, Lord Bostwick.
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| author | Michael Relph |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Basil Dearden |
| editor | Teddy Darvas |
| genre | action adventure comedy drama thriller |
| keywords | albert memorial arrest aspiring journalist balkan bank manager booby trap burn buy duel edwardian edwardian era get rich quick hijack ivan dragomiloff kill laundry room luger pistol military parade newspaper publisher peace conference poison police raid prime minister ruthenia survive sword duel the king think vienna world war world war i zeppelin zurich |
| musicBy | Ron Grainer |
| producer | Michael Relph |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |
| theme | black comedy |