Assignment K is a 1968 British spy thriller film directed by Val Guest in Techniscope and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Robert Hoffmann and Jeremy Kemp. The film was based on the 1964 novel Department K by Hartley Howard.
Plot
A British spy has his cover blown, leading to the East German Stasi kidnapping his girlfriend to try to extract information about his double agents' activities.
Cast
Stephen Boyd as Philip Scott
Camilla Sparv as Toni Peters
Michael Redgrave as Harris
Leo McKern as Smith
Robert Hoffmann as Paul Spiegler
Jeremy Kemp as Hal
Jane Merrow as Martine
Carl Möhner as Inspector (as Carl Moehner) Vivi Bach as Erika Herschel Werner Peters as Kramer Dieter Geissler as Kurt John Alderton as George Jan Werich as Dr. Spiegler David Healy as David Ursula Howells as Estelle Basil Dignam as Howlett Geoffrey Bayldon as The Boffin Joachim Hansen as Heinrich Herschel
Production
Val Guest said "We shot it all out in Kitzbuhel, great cast: we had my Leo McKern again, and Michael Redgrave who was a very sick man, had terrible difficulties with his lines... Stephen [Boyd] was a wonderful person, a great giggler, a great professional, very nice guy."