The Assassin (1952)
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Genres - Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Release Date - Apr 22, 1953 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
British private detective Richard Todd is sent to Venice, there to locate and a reward a wartime partisan. Once he arrives, the detective finds himself the quarry of every Venetian cop in sight. Todd soon learns that he's been fingered as a murderer--and that it's just possible he's been framed by the partisan, who has become a desperate criminal. Heavily influenced by The Third Man (49), Assassin is a routine action melodrama spiced by genuine Austrian settings. The film was initially released in Great Britain as Venetian Bird (hmmm...sounds a lot like Maltese Falcon).
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assassination, chase, courage, death, detective, escape, false-accusation, false-conviction, investigation, killing, law-school, manhunt, murder, prison, private-detective, romance, search, violence, women's-prison
