Funeral for an Assassin (1974)

Director:

Ivan Hall

Writer:

Walter Brough

Stars:

Vic Morrow, Peter van Dissel, Gaby Getz

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vic Morrow	...	Michael Cardiff
Peter van Dissel	...	Capt. Evered Roos
Gaby Getz	...	Julia Ivens
Sam Williams	...	Umzinga
Stuart Parker	...	Commander Overbeek
Gillian Garlick	...	Nurse Susan Schoenfeld
Siegfried Mynhardt	...	Judge William Whitfield
Norman Coombes	...	Fourie
Chris Bezuidenhout	...	Karl Yates
Albert Raphael	...	Claude Ormsby
Bruce Anderson	...	Prime Minister
Henry Vaughn	...	Reverend Martin Hemsley
Gwynne Davies	...	Magdalena Stewart
Nimrod Motchabane	...	Black Policeman
John Boulter	...	Surgeon

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

police chase | revenge murder | independent film

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

February 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Hora do Assassino

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

FOAA Productions, IvanWalt Productions, Kavalier Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

okay indie 70s thrilla from s Africa

Goodness, only three stars out of ten on IMDb as of July 2008. This is one of the Treeline/Reelmedia Action Classics, originally made in 1977, re-released in 2004 on DVD. Starring Vic Morrow as Michael Cardiff, in a great disguise, "Funeral for an Assassin" opens with someone getting hit by a bus, and the South African police jumping headfirst into the investigation. Costars Sam Williams, Gaby Getz, and Peter VanDissel. Some great photography of South Africa, city scenes and countryside. But SO much talking. yakkity yakkity yak. and the plot seems overly complicated. The music all sounds like its from the "Mark Goodson, Bill Todman productions" or from the Streets of San Francisco, lots of trumpets and bongos. Ivan Hall only directed four more films after this one, all about killings... one way to spend an hour and a half....i guess..