Permission to Kill

Permission to Kill
Original film poster by Robert Tanenbaum[1]
Directed byCyril Frankel
Written byRobin Estridge
Produced byPaul Mills
StarringDirk Bogarde
Ava Gardner
Bekim Fehmiu
CinematographyFreddie Young
Edited byErnest Walter
Music byRichard Rodney Bennett
Production
company
Distributed byAVCO Embassy Pictures (in the United Kingdom through Columbia-Warner Distributors[2])
Release date
  • 20 November 1975 (1975-11-20) (UK)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesAustria
United Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

Permission to Kill (also known as The Executioner and Vollmacht Zum Mord) is a 1975 Austrian/American/British spy thriller film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner and Bekim Fehmiu with Timothy Dalton, Nicole Calfan and Frederic Forrest.[3] It was produced by Paul Mills from a screenplay by Robin Estridge, made by Sascha-Verleih and distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. The film had original music by Richard Rodney Bennett and the cinematography was by Freddie Young.

  1. ^ "Permission to Kill / 30x40 / USA".
  2. ^ "Permission to Kill (1975)". BBFC. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Permission to Kill". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 January 2024.