Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, he discovers a mole has infiltrated British intelligence.
Costume
Barbara Bouchet's wardrobe deserves its own credit.
Production
Swinging London locations shot like they're hiding something.
Acting
Richard Johnson's thousand-yard stare of a man who's done too much.
Director
Seth Holt
Richard Johnson
Jonas Wilde
Carol Lynley
Jocelyn
Barbara Bouchet
Marita
Sylvia Syms
Barbara Canning
Gordon Jackson
Brian Stern
Diana Dors
Rhoda Gooderich
Maurice Denham
Peter Ravenspur
Sam Wanamaker
Lucinda
David Bauer
Bennett
Robin Bailey
Parsons
Harry Andrews
Canning
Julian Chagrin
Matsys
Reg Lye
Balin
Timothy Bateson
Halliwell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Johnson was actually offered the role of James Bond before Sean Connery—he turned it down, then spent his career playing Bond-adjacent roles like this.
This was Hammer Films' attempt to cash in on the spy craze without the Bond budget, shot in three weeks with sets borrowed from their horror productions.
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