

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
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.