Orders To Kill (1958): Continuity script
directed by Anthony Asquith, 1902-1968; produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan, 1904-2003, Lynx Films; performed by Eddie Albert, 1906-2005, Paul Massie, 1932-2011 and Lillian Gish, 1893-1993 (London, England: Studio Canal, 1958, first release 1958), 145 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- A young American bomber pilot is sent to Nazi-occupied France to kill a Paris lawyer believed to be betraying his colleagues in the French Resistance. Before being parachuted into France the young pilot is given a rigorous training for his assignment of murder. He finds his selected victim is a gentle husband, who dotes on his daughter, and he begins to feel that the man may not be guilty… but where will his moral dilemma lead him?
- Field of Interest
- Film
- Accolades / Awards
- Won 1959 BAFTA Awards, Best British Actress, Won 1959 BAFTA Awards, Best British Screenplay, Won 1959 BAFTA Awards, Most Promising Newcomer to Film, Nominated 1959 BAFTA Awards, Best British Film, Nominated 1959 BAFTA Awards, Best Film from any Source, Nominated 1958 Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2015 by Studiocanal
- Director
- Anthony Asquith, 1902-1968
- Content Type
- Script
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Sub Genre
- Drama, War
- Original Release Date
- 1958
- Page Count
- 145
- Performer
- Eddie Albert, 1906-2005, Paul Massie, 1932-2011, Lillian Gish, 1893-1993
- Producer
- Anthony Havelock-Allan, 1904-2003
- Producer - Institution
- Lynx Films
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Publisher
- Studio Canal
- Place Published / Released
- London, England
- Release Date
- 1958
- Subject
- Film, Music & Performing Arts, Literature & Language, 1950s, War crimes, Military campaigns, World War II, 1939-1945, 1950s, Major MacMahon, Gene Summers, Mrs. Summers
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- 1950s
