Orders to Kill
American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance.
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"This wartime tale directed by Anthony Asquith confronts full-on the essential moral dilemma of the necessity to commit murder in the cause of war. It does not take place on a battlefield, but in the starker situation of a covert assassination of a man believed to be compromising the Resistance Movement in occupied Paris. The man chosen to kill the suspected person is played by the young actor Paul Massie, aged 26. It was his first credited screen role, and he does an excellent job. For some reason, this highly talented and promising young actor never achieved the prominence in his career which..."
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Eddie Albert's part in this film (as a US Air Force major) is one of several military roles he played in his earlier career. These were satirized in the TV series 'Green Acres', when it is explained that Oliver, his character, served as US pilot in WWII and was shot down over Hungary, where he was rescued by his future wife Lisa.
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American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance.