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The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Directed by Basil Dearden
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In 1908 London, a women’s rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.
Rated NR | Length 110 minutes
Actors
Oliver Reed | Diana Rigg | Telly Savalas | Curd Jürgens | Philippe Noiret | Warren Mitchell | Beryl Reid | Clive Revill | Kenneth Griffith | Vernon Dobtcheff | Annabella Incontrera | Jess Conrad | George Coulouris | Ralph Michael | Katherine Kath | Eugene Deckers | Olaf Pooley | George Murcell | Michael Wolf | Gordon Sterne | Peter Bowles | William Kendall | Jeremy Lloyd | Roger Delgado | Maurice Browning | Clive Cazes | Milton Reid | Frank Thornton | Nita Lorraine | Michael Mellinger | Philip Madoc | Kevin Stoney | Lockwood West | Rosalind Elliot | John Abineri | Anthony Dawes | Harry Fielder | Michael Gover | Peter Graves | John Hallam | John G. Heller | Alastair Hunter
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27/2020 | TV | DVD | Library | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Requested this from my library after the recent passing of Diana Rigg. Was looking for other films she was in that I hadn’t seen and this one looked fun. It is! It’s really fun, in fact, where she portrays a woman intending to take down this secret assassination club by putting out a hit on it’s leader, Oliver Reed. Plenty of hijinks ensue and some slapsticky stuff but overall this is an entertaining romp and my favorite period of Ollie Reed’s work. He’s really great, so charismatic. Rigg is wonderful playing off his outlandish behavior and disguises as he tries to outwit the assassins attempting to take him out as he woes Rigg, who is more reserved. Really nice pairing.
Naturally the composite work is dated but the SFX are still neat with big explosions and a cool miniature airship for the big finale. Also the globetrotting around Europe highlights some beautiful on-location filming. I guessed the soundstage stuff was likely Pinewood Studios so I was happy to see that noted in the credits. Also features *two* Bond villains in Telly Savalas and Curd Jürgens. Was pleased to see the gorgeous Annabella Incontrera in a seductress role.
RIP Diana Rigg
July 20, 1938 - September 10, 2020
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