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The Assassination Bureau (1969)

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Average Rating:5.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Basil Rearden's little-seen crime caper THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU is a tongue-in-cheek action-comedy about a society of assassins operating in early-1900s England. Post-AVENGERS Diana Rigg stars as... Basil Rearden's little-seen crime caper THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU is a tongue-in-cheek action-comedy about a society of assassins operating in early-1900s England. Post-AVENGERS Diana Rigg stars as the prim and proper Miss Winter, an aspiring reporter who stumbles upon the covert organization and sets out to expose the group with the help of aristocratic newspaper publisher Lord Bostwick (Telly Savalas, sporting a faux British accent). After meeting with bureau leader Ivan Dragomiloff (Oliver Reed), Winter challenges the assassin to a game of cat and mouse that sweeps across pre-WWI Europe from the brothels of Paris to the palaces of Venice--unaware that Bostwick has some shady motivations of his own. [More]

Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curt Jurgens

Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curt Jurgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill, Kenneth Griffith, Vernon Dobtcheff

Director: Basil Dearden

Director: Basil Dearden
Screenwriter: Michael Relph
Producer: Michael Relph
Composer: Ron Grainer

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Entire cast play their respective roles broadly and each gives a good account of himself.

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None too witty black comedy.

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It's never as funny as it looks, but it's a pleasant enough ride if you like your companions.

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Ken Hanke

Amusing, but with those stars it ought to be better than it is.

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A cinematic curio, but also a delightful souvenir of the 60s.

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