Orders to Kill

1958, Mystery & thriller, 1h 33m

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Movie Info

Gene Summers (Paul Massie) is an American Air Force pilot recruited to take part in a secret government mission. He is tasked with killing Marcel Lafitte (Leslie French), a lawyer working with the French Resistance, and a suspected double agent. After Summers parachutes into France, he meets his Resistance contact, Leonie (Irene Worth), and she provides him with information about Lafitte. But, after learning more about his target, Summers has second thoughts about his mission.

Genre:

mystery & thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

Anthony Asquith
Producer:

Anthony Havelock-Allan
Writer:

Paul Dehn, George St. George
Runtime:

1h 33m
Production Co:

Lynx Films, British Lion

Cast & Crew

Eddie Albert
Major MacMahon

Paul Massie
Gene Summers

Lillian Gish
Mrs. Summers

James Robertson Justice
Naval Commander

Irene Worth
Leonie

Leslie French
Marcel Lafitte

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Critic Reviews for Orders to Kill

All Critics (1) | Fresh (1)

The director, Anthony Asquith, and the writer, Paul Dehn, have allowed the film to end on equivocation rather than statement... But Orders to Kill has a theme and a point, is not simply using the war as background.

March 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Penelope Houston
Sight & Sound

The director, Anthony Asquith, and the writer, Paul Dehn, have allowed the film to end on equivocation rather than statement... But Orders to Kill has a theme and a point, is not simply using the war as background.

March 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Penelope Houston
Sight & Sound