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Embassy (film)

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Embassy
Directed byGordon Hessler
Written by
Based onEmbassy
by Stephen Coulter
Produced byMel Ferrer
Starring
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
Edited byWilly Kemplen
Music byJonathan Hodge
Production
companies
  • Triad Productions
  • Weaver Productions
Distributed byHemdale Film Distribution
Release date
  • 2 March 1972 (1972-03-02)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Embassy (also known as Target Embassy) is a 1972 British spy thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler, written by John Bird and William Fairchild, and with music scored by Biddu.[1][2] It is based on the 1969 novel of the same title by Stephen Coulter. It was shot on location in Beirut where the film is set, whereas the novel had been centred in Paris.

The film starred Richard Roundtree as a CIA officer, Ray Milland as an Ambassador, Max von Sydow as a Russian defector taking refuge at the embassy, and Chuck Connors as a KGB assassin posing as a U.S. Air Force officer. Broderick Crawford played the embassy Regional Security Officer, Frank Dunniger, who had to capture and hide the KGB man while the CIA smuggled the defector out of town.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Embassy". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ McKay p.252

Bibliography

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  • James McKay. Ray Milland: The Films, 1929-1984. McFarland, 2020.
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