The Liquidator (1966) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a plot to assassinate England's Prince Phillip.

Cast & Crew

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Jack Cardiff

Rod Taylor

Trevor Howard

Jill St. John

Wilfrid Hyde-white

David Tomlinson

Photos & Videos

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Liquidator, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Multicolored Tits

Liquidator, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Remember You

Liquidator, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Man About Town

Liquidator, The - (Original Trailer)

Liquidator, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) We Liquidate Them

Film Details

Genre

Suspense/Mystery

Adaptation

Drama

Spy

Thriller

Release Date

Jan 1966

Premiere Information

New York opening: 28 Oct 1966

Production Company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures

Distribution Company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Country

United Kingdom

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel The Liquidator by John Gardner (New York, 1964).

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 44m

Sound

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color

Color (Metrocolor)

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

2.35 : 1

Synopsis

Colonel Mostyn of British Intelligence is confronted with the task of training a private executioner who can dispose of legally untouchable but dangerous security risks. He recalls Boysie Oakes, who years before had accidentally saved his life in Paris during World War II. Unaware of his mission, Boysie, who loathes violence and becomes ill at the sight of blood, endures the rigorous training program because of the penthouse apartment, expensive wardrobe, a sports car, and female companions supplied by Mostyn. When he does learn the truth, he hires a professional killer to do any dirty work that might come up. He then defies regulations and takes Mostyn's beautiful secretary, Iris, to the French Riviera for a weekend. There he is taken prisoner by counterspies but is permitted to escape because the enemy organization plans to use him as the unwilling dupe in a plot to assassinate the Duke of Edinburgh. Boysie is informed by a courier that during a security check exercise he is to fire blank bullets at the Duke while he is inspecting an R.A.F. base. Real bullets, however, have been placed in his rifle. Although Mostyn arrives in time to prevent the disaster, the identity of the master spy remains unknown. In a moment of unusual recklessness, Boysie leaps aboard a jet bomber as it takes off with the latest anti-missile equipment. Once aboard, he overpowers the master spy, Iris, and somehow manages to bring the hijacked plane back to the base by following instructions radioed to him.

Director

Jack Cardiff

Cast

Rod Taylor

Trevor Howard

Jill St. John

Wilfrid Hyde-white

David Tomlinson

Akim Tamiroff

Eric Sykes

Gabriella Licudi

John Le Mesurier

Derek Nimmo

Richard Wattis

Flying instructor

David Langton

Station commander

Jennifer Jayne

Janice Benedict

Betty Mcdowall

Henri Cogan

Daniel Emilfork

Jeremy Lloyd

Jo Rowbottom

Colin Gordon

Louise Dunn

Scot Finch

Operations officer

Ronald Leigh-hunt

Tony Wright

Suzy Kendall

Crew

John Blezard

Joan Bridge

Peter Callander

Leslie Elliot

Leslie Elliot

Executive Producer

Harry Fine

Associate Producer

Elizabeth Haffenden

Alan Mccabe

Camera Operator

Jon Penington

Basil Rayburn

Tom Sachs

Production Manager

Ted Scaife

Director of Photography

Lalo Schifrin

Music comp & Conductor

J. B. Smith

Allan Sones

Cyril Swern

Sound Recording

David Tomblin

Assistant Director

Ernest Walter

A. W. Watkins

Recording Supervisor

Richard Williams Films

Peter Yeldham

Videos

Liquidator, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Remember You The prologue, liberation of Paris to director Jack Cardiff shooting black & white, as tanker Rod Taylor meets undercover intel officer Trevor Howard, in The Liquidator, 1966, from the first of John Gardner's "Boysie Oakes" novels.

Liquidator, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) We Liquidate Them Intelligence officer Mostyn (Trevor Howard) arrives at the Whitehall office of "The Chief" (Wilfrid Hyde-White), they commiserate over another intelligence scandal and consider an outrageous solution, early in director Jack Cardiff's The Liquidator, 1966.

Liquidator, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Multicolored Tits Self-interested intelligence man Mostyn (Trevor Howard) has hunted down Boysie Oakes (Rod Taylor), whom he wrongly believes to be a skilled assassin, at the funeral for his partner in a failed pet bird business (Jo Rowbottom as his assistant), to offer a lucrative gig, in The Liquidator, 1966, from the first novel in the series by John Gardner.

Liquidator, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Man About Town New agent-assassin and committed coward Boysie Oakes (Rod Taylor) thinks he's won a date with the boss's aide Iris (Jill St. John), then meets with Griffen (Eric Sykes), whom he's seretly hiring to do his dirty work, in The Liquidator, 1966, directed by Jack Cardiff from the John Gardner novel.

Liquidator, The - (Original Trailer) A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a plot to assassinate England's Prince Phillip in The Liquidator (1966).

Film Details

Genre

Suspense/Mystery

Adaptation

Drama

Spy

Thriller

Release Date

Jan 1966

Premiere Information

New York opening: 28 Oct 1966

Production Company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures

Distribution Company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Country

United Kingdom

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel The Liquidator by John Gardner (New York, 1964).

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 44m

Sound

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color

Color (Metrocolor)

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

2.35 : 1

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Released in Great Britain in September 1966.

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Fall November 1966

Released in United States Fall November 1966

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