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Danger Route (1967)

10/01/1967 Action, Thriller 1h 32m
58%
User
Score
5.5/10

He Is A Weapon! Government Issue! He killed 39 men, each with a single blow! 6 were mistakes!

Overview

Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, he discovers a mole has infiltrated British intelligence.

Seth Holt

Director

Meade Roberts

Screenplay

Robert Banks Stewart

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Jonas Wilde

Carol Lynley

Carol Lynley

Jocelyn

Barbara Bouchet

Barbara Bouchet

Marita

Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Barbara Canning

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Brian Stern

Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Rhoda Gooderich

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Peter Ravenspur

Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

Lucinda

David Bauer

David Bauer

Bennett

Media

Danger Route (trailer) - Richard Johnson - Barbara Bouchet - Eurospy

Danger Route (trailer) - Richard Johnson - Barbara Bouchet - Eurospy

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on December 26, 2022

At times this is in danger of tripping over it's own cloak and stabbing itself, but Richard Johnson ("Wilde") still just about manages to keep it interesting for ninety minutes. He is a British secret agent who is charged with bumping off a Czech scientist who has defected to join the CIA in the UK. Needless to say, this is not going to be a straightforward quest - and it only becomes more complicated when he discovers that there is an whole network of people in whom he is uncertain he can trust. Those duplicitous individuals include his own boss "Canning" (Harry Andrews) and a host of recognisable British faces - Gordon Jackson, Maurice Denham and Diana Dors as well as his CIA oppo "Lucinda" (Sam Wanamaker). In the best tradition of John Buchan's "39 Steps", the search leads him to a remo...

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