Permission to Kill

Permission to Kill, also known as The Executioner, is a 1975 spy thriller film made by Sascha-Verleih and distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and produced by Paul Mills from a screenplay by Robin Estridge. The film had original music by Richard Rodney Bennett and the cinematography was by Freddie Young.

The film stars Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner and Bekim Fehmiu with Timothy Dalton, Nicole Calfan and Frederic Forrest.

The film is an Austrian-British-American co-production and was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location in Gmunden, Austria.

Plot
British agents try to stop a communist returning home from the West.

Partial cast
Dirk Bogarde as Alan Curtis
Ava Gardner as Katina Petersen
Bekim Fehmiu as Alexander Diakim
Timothy Dalton as Charles Lord
Nicole Calfan as Melissa Lascade
Frederic Forrest as Scott Allison
John Levene as Adams
 Klaus Wildbolz  as Muller 
 Anthony Dutton  as Jennings 
 Peggy Sinclair  as Lily 
 Dennis Blanch  as Brewer 
 Alf Joint as MacNeil 
 Vladimir Popovic  as Kostas 
 Ratislav Plamenac as Pavlos 
 Oliver Schott  as François 
 Erna Riedl  as Mme Diderot 
 Paul Maxwell as American 
 John Serret  as Frenchman 
 Anthony Forwood  as Englishman 
 François Baudet  as Dr. Giraud 
 Bob Sessions  as Pete 
 Peter Garell  as Carlo 
 Friedrich Mönnig  as Cliff 
 Fritz von Friedl as 1st Security Man 
 Erwin Fischer as 2nd Security Man

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Category:1975 films
Category:English-language films
Category:American films
Category:American spy films
Category:British films
Category:British spy films
Category:Austrian films
Category:1970s thriller films
Category:Films set in Austria
Category:Films shot in Austria
Category:Embassy Pictures films
Category:Films shot at Sievering Studios
Category:1970s spy films