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Embassy (film)
Embassy is a 1972 British spy thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler, written by John Bird and William Fairchild, and with music scored by Biddu.[1] It is based on the 1969 novel of the same title by Stephen Coulter. It was shot on location in Beirut where the film is set, whereas the novel had been centred in Paris.
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| Directed by | Gordon Hessler |
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| Based on | Embassy by Stephen Coulter |
| Produced by | Mel Ferrer |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Edited by | Willy Kemplen |
| Music by | Jonathan Hodge |
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| Distributed by | Hemdale Film Distribution |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film starred Richard Roundtree as a CIA officer, Ray Milland as an Ambassador, Max von Sydow as a Russian defector taking refuge at the embassy, and Chuck Connors as a KGB assassin posing as a U.S. Air Force officer. Broderick Crawford played the embassy Regional Security Officer, Frank Dunniger, who had to capture and hide the KGB man while the CIA smuggled the defector out of town.
Cast edit
- Richard Roundtree as Richard 'Dick' Shannon
- Chuck Connors as Kesten
- Marie-José Nat as Laure
- Ray Milland as Ambassador
- Broderick Crawford as Frank Dunniger
- Max von Sydow as Gorenko
- David Bauer as Kadish
- Larry Cross as Gamble
- David Healy as Phelan
- Karl Held as Rylands
- Sarah Marshall as Miss Harding
- Dee Pollock as Stacey
- Leila Buheiry as Leila, Receptionist
- Gail Clymer as Switchboard Operator
- Edmond Hannania as First Man in Black
- Saladin Nader as Roget
- Peter Smith as Cypher Clerk
- Dean Turner as Clem Gelber
References edit
- ^ McKay p.252
Bibliography edit
- James McKay. Ray Milland: The Films, 1929-1984. McFarland, 2020.
External links edit
- Embassy at IMDb
- http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Embassy_1972_rev.html Archived 22 January 2013 at archive.today
- http://www.bcult.it/scheda.asp?Id=12831[permanent dead link]