Orders to Kill

Orders to Kill
Orders to Kill
	British theatrical poster
Directed by	Anthony Asquith
Written by	Paul Dehn; George St. George; Donald C. Downes (original story);
Produced by	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Starring	Eddie Albert; Paul Massie; Lillian Gish; James Robertson Justice; Irene Worth; Philip Bond; Leslie French; John Crawford;
Cinematography	Desmond Dickinson
Edited by	Gordon Hales
Music by	Benjamin Frankel
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation (U.K.); United Motion Pictures Organization (U.S.);
Release date	March 1958;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£170,832

Orders to Kill is a 1958 British wartime drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Paul Massie, Eddie Albert and Irene Worth.^[3]^[4] It was written by Paul Dehn and George St. George based on a story by Donald Chase Downes,^[5]^[6] a former American intelligence operative who also acted as technical adviser to the film.

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