Embassy (1972)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 2, 1972Release Date
Plot.
A KGB assassin infiltrates the American embassy in Beirut in an attempt to eliminate a Russian defector being protected by the CIA.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Richard Roundtree
Richard 'Dick' Shannon
Chuck Connors
Kesten
Marie-José Nat
Laure
Ray Milland
Ambassador
Broderick Crawford
Frank Dunniger
Max von Sydow
Gorenko
William Fairchild
Writer
David Bauer
Kadish
John Bird
Writer
Larry Cross
Gamble
David Healy
Phelan
Sarah Marshall
Miss Harding
Dee Pollock
Stacey
Karl Held
Rylands
Gordon Hessler
Director
Leila Buheiry
Leila
Stephen Coulter
Writer
Gail Clymer
Switchboard Operator
W.E. Fairchild
Writer
Mel Ferrer
Producer
Jonathan Hodge
Composer
John Poyner
Sound Editor
Raoul Coutard
Cinematographer
Willy Kemplen
Editor
Frank Ernst
Assistant Director
John Howell
ProductionDesigner
Georges Liron
Camera Operator
Jean Garcenot
Assistant Camera
Colin Garde
Makeup Artist
Maurice Labaye Fanykovy
Art Direction
Klary Confalonieri
Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 2, 1972
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingPG
Genres
Wiki.
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.