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Orders to Kill (1958) Anthony Asquith; Eddie Albert, Lillian Gish
Orders to Kill (1958) Anthony Asquith; Eddie Albert, Lillian Gish
 
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The moral dilemma of a reluctant American spy is chronicled in this psychological drama. He becomes an agent after he, originally a pilot, is grounded during WW II. He is trained to assassinate a Paris lawyer suspected of colluding with the Nazis. During his rigorous training for the killing, the new spy begins to have doubts about his upcoming assignment; these doubts increase when he actually meets his prey as the spy is unsure that the lawyer is really guilty...

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5 of 5 5 stars January 27, 2022
Reviewer: MARGARET ROBERTS from WHEATON, IL United States  
5 stars

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5 of 5 Takes its time but a pretty good movie September 25, 2021
Reviewer: JOHN CURRAN from Palm Desert, CA United States  
This story takes a while to fully engage your interest but once the real story gets underway, this is a very good film about British intelligence and the French resistance in WWII.  It has a really good twist at the end.

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5 of 5 a quietly powerful suspense thriller gem October 13, 2015
Reviewer: F. REYNOLDS CLOUGH from MIAMI, FL United States  
This somewhat obscure British war suspenser deserves to be championed as one of the all-time best thrillers ever made!  Starkly filmed and sparsely scored, it has an unnerving, unrelentingly grim tone in gripping, edge-of-your-seat suspense worthy of Hitchcock.  Uniformly fine acting, with British Academy Award winners Irene Worth and Paul Massie particularly outstanding.  For all aficionados of intrigue/suspense stories, this one is a must-see!

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5 of 5 ORDERS TO KILL September 1, 2015
Reviewer: Kenneth Orme from Ligonier, PA United States  
Anthony Asquith depicts quite powerfully the moral quandary of an assassin who becomes over-friendly with his targeted victim, causing doubts to surface about the rumored double agent's disloyalty. Does a wartime context nullify normal procedures for determining guilt and administrating justice? Cinematography employs superb atmospheric lighting to build suspense. An over-insistent melodramatic score is mildly annoying, but overshadowed by a distressingly objective screenplay. Dialogues offer up alibis of exigency and questions about what role conscience should play when orders from army brass conflict with basic humanity. Outstanding performances by Eddie Albert as supervising handler of murder trainee Paul Massie and Irene Worth as Paris Resistance contact blinded by the death of her son and relentlessly pursuing  warped revenge. Juvenile Lillie Bea Gifford turns in a fine performance as the victim's under-esteemed, musically-talented daughter.

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