''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.McKay p.252 It is based on the 1969 novel of the same title by Stephen Coulter. It was

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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 Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is remembered for his Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning ...

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.

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played the embassy

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, Frank Dunniger, who had to capture and hide the KGB man while the CIA smuggled the defector out of town.

Cast

* Richard Roundtree as Richard 'Dick' Shannon * Chuck Connors as Kesten * Marie-José Nat as Laure *

as Ambassador *

as Frank Dunniger * Max von Sydow as Gorenko * David Bauer as Kadish *

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as Gamble * David Healy as Phelan * Karl Held as Rylands * Sarah Marshall as Miss Harding * Dee Pollock as Stacey *

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as Leila, Receptionist *

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as Switchboard Operator *

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as First Man in Black * Saladin Nader as Roget * Peter Smith as Cypher Clerk * Dean Turner as Clem Gelber

References

Bibliography

* James McKay. ''Ray Milland: The Films, 1929-1984''. McFarland, 2020.

External links

* *http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Embassy_1972_rev.html *http://www.bcult.it/scheda.asp?Id=12831 1972 films 1970s spy thriller films British spy thriller films Films scored by Biddu Films directed by Gordon Hessler Films based on British novels Cold War spy films Films shot in Lebanon Films set in Lebanon 1972 drama films 1970s English-language films 1970s British films {{1970s-crime-drama-film-stub