Embassy (film)

Embassy
Directed by	Gordon Hessler
Produced by	Mel Ferrer
Written by	John Bird ; William Fairchild
Based on	Embassy ; by Stephen Coulter
Starring	Richard Roundtree ; Chuck Connors ; Marie-José Nat ; Ray Milland
Music by	Jonathan Hodge
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Edited by	Willy Kemplen
Production; company	Triad Productions ; Weaver Productions
Distributed by	Hemdale Film Distribution
Release date	2 March 1972
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.[1] 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.

Cast

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Films by Mel Ferrer
Producer	El Greco (1966) Wait Until Dark (1967) The Night Visitor (1971) Embassy (1972) A Time for Loving (1972) W (1974) One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982)
Director	The Girl of the Limberlost (1945) The Secret Fury (1950) Vendetta (1950) (partial) The Racket (1951) (partial) Macao (1952) (partial) Green Mansions (1959) Cabriola (1965)