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Orders to Kill (1958)

Orders to Kill poster
Directed by
Anthony Asquith
Genre
war film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
12
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American operative is sent to France during World War II to kill a suspected traitor. He struggles with the morality of his orders and the personal cost of carrying them out.

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What happens

Orders to Kill is a 1958 British wartime drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Paul Massie, Eddie Albert and Irene Worth. It was written by Paul Dehn and George St. George, based on a story by Donald Chase Downes, a former American intelligence operative who also acted as technical adviser to the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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