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The Liquidator is a 1965 British thriller film directed by Jack Cardiff and starring Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, and Jill St. John. It was based on The Liquidator (1964) the first of a series of Boysie Oakes novels by John Gardner.
The Liquidator: Directed by Jack Cardiff. With Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, Jill St. John, Wilfrid Hyde-White. Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.
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- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Jack Cardiff
- 1966-10-28
The Liquidator (1965) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The head of a British Secret Service division, Mostyn (Trevor Howard), decides to hire his old army pal Boysie Oakes (Rod Taylor) to liquidate rogue spies who are causing problems for the agency.
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- Jack Cardiff
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
- Rod Taylor
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.
- Jack Cardiff, David Tomblin
- Rod Taylor
Spy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual fact he contracts out the work and pretends it was himself. This leads to complications.
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Embarrassed by a number of high-profile spy scandals, 'The Chief' ( Wilfrid Hyde-White ) of the Department of Special Security orders his second-in-command 'Mostyn' ( Trevor Howard ) to recruit a new agent - to be codenamed 'L' ( guess what that stands for? ) - to eliminate potential security risks.
