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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. [3] It was based on The Liquidator (1964), the first of a series of Boysie Oakes novels by John Gardner.
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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.
- (1.3K)
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Jack Cardiff
- 1966-10-28
The Liquidator certainly is a fun movie for me. It's not necessarily in the top rank of Sixties spy movies, but it is enjoyable in its own way. I like the fact that unlike Bond, Palmer, Flint, and Helm, Oakes isn't exactly competent!
7 Ratings. Trailer. 1966. Action & Adventure. 1h 45m. 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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- Jack Cardiff
This was the first big spy movie of the 1960s to cast an Australian as its lead secret agent. The movie actually predates the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service starring Australian George Lazenby by about four years. Browse Fun Facts and Trivia about at Classic Movie Hub (CMH).
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One of the first spy spoofs in the wake of Goldfinger (1964), The Liquidator stars Rod Taylor as Boysie Oakes, a reluctant secret agent--or assassin, to be more precise. Boysie enjoys the swinging bachelor pad, the expensive sports car, and the ladies that come with the job.
