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Basic facts

Original title Orders To Kill
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1958-08-04

Cast

Eddie Albert
major "Mac" MacMahon

Paul Massie
Gene Summers

Lillian Gish
Mrs. Summers

James Robertson Justice
kommendörkapten (naval commander)

Irene Worth
Léonie

Leslie French
Marcel Lafitte

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Distribution title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Conductor
Assistant Production Designer
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Eddie Albert major "Mac" MacMahon
Paul Massie Gene Summers
Lillian Gish Mrs. Summers
James Robertson Justice kommendörkapten (naval commander)
Irene Worth Léonie
Leslie French Marcel Lafitte
John Crawford major Kimball
Lionel Jeffries förhörsledare
Sandra Dorne blondinen tillsammans med tysk officer
Nicholas Phipps föredragshållare, löjtnant
Anne Blake Madame Lafitte
Miki Iveria Louise
Lillie Bea Gifford Mauricette Lafitte
Launce Maraschal general Nolan
Robert Henderson överste Snyder
William E. Greene Mitchell
Selma Vaz Dias husfru
Ralph Nossek psykiater
Ann Walford F.A.N.Y.
Boris Ranevsky gammal tysk officer
Jacques-Bernard Brunius (as Jacques B. Brunius) kommendant Morand
Denyse Alexander (as Denyse MacPherson) Pat
Henzie Raeburn Madame Godinot
Peter La Trobe Louis
Philip Bond Nils
Michael Kelly pilot
Fritz Wendhausen (as Frederick Wendhausen) tysk officer
Bernard Rebel skäggprydd kund
Geoffrey Hibbert sergeant vid Royal Air Force
Sam Kydd flygsergeant Flint
Jim Gérald François
Édouard Francomme husmålare
Andrea Malandrinos

Companies

Production Company Lynx Films Limited
British Lion Films Ltd.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Wivefilm 1958

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 92498
Date 1958-07-31
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3050 meters
Notes Speltid: 111 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3062 meter
Length in minutes 112 min
Reels 7 reels


Original work

Original title Orders To Kill (Novel)
Author Donald Downes


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1958-08-04 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 111 min
TV showing 1972-11-25 TV2 Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language Swedish


Holdings Stills

Black and white print set
Colour prints No
Behind the scenes prints No
Slides No
Digital images No
Negatives No
Contact sheets No
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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