Embassy (1972)

Directed by

Gordon Hessler

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Russian defector takes refuge in a U.S. embassy in Beirut. A CIA officer and a security officer must protect him from a KGB assassin who has infiltrated the compound.

tensesuspensefulcold-warfast-pacedintrigueglobe-trottingcloak-and-daggerlow-key1970s-style

What happens

Embassy (also known as Target 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. It is based on the 1969 novel of the same title by Stephen Coulter. It was shot on location 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 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. Broderick Crawford played the embassy Regional Security Officer, Frank Dunniger, who had to capture and hide the KGB man while the CIA smuggled the defector out of town. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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