The Executioner

19701970
K-16K-16
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

399

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Director
- Sam Wanamaker
Writers
- Jack Pulman
- Gordon McDonell(story)
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George Peppard, Joan Collins, and George Baker in The Executioner (1970)

George Peppard and Judy Geeson in The Executioner (1970)

George Peppard in The Executioner (1970)

George Peppard and Charles Gray in The Executioner (1970)

George Peppard, Charles Gray, Oskar Homolka, and Nigel Patrick in The Executioner (1970)

Joan Collins and Judy Geeson in The Executioner (1970)

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Trivia
One of seven espionage movies that Charles Gray made around the mid to late 60s and early 70s. The others being Liian monta agenttia (1965), Elät vain kahdesti (1967) , The Man Outside (1967), Timantit ovat ikuisia (1971), Jäljet johtavat Sohoon (1969), and Kun kello lyö (1971),

Goofs
At the start of the film one of the dead victims lying by the empty swimming pool is startled and moves when the car explodes, with his head and arm moving.

Quotes
John Shay: I thought you guys used Pentothal.
Balkov: We ran out.

Crazy credits
During the closing credits, in the background is the final scene showing a tower with a light that rotates, shining alternately green and white light. The credits change colors repeatedly as if the tower light is shining on them.

Connections
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Review

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7/10

Interesting, dour spy thriller set largely in post-swinging London. Nothing like as violent as the title suggests. Peppard is excellent.

A dour little spy thriller which acts as a corrective to the James Bond school of spy movies, and benefits from an excellent performance by George Peppard as an exhausted, stressed out Ango-US agent searching for a mole in British Intelligence (just the one?). The atmosphere of post-swinging London is interesting from a modern standpoint, as is the unusual flashback plot structure.

Trivia for Gerry Anderson fans: Both Paul Maxwell (the voice of Steve Zodiac in Fireball XL5) and Peter Dyneley (the voice of Jeff Tracy in Thunderbirds) have quite major roles in The Executioner.

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