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| Directed by | Gordon Hessler |
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| Based on | Embassy by Stephen Coulter |
| Produced by | Mel Ferrer |
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| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Edited by | Willy Kemplen |
| Music by | Jonathan Hodge |
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| Distributed by | Hemdale Film Distribution |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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.