Assault on Agathon

Assault on Agathon
Theatrical poster
Directed by László Benedek
Produced by Nico Minardos
Screenplay by Alan Caillou
Based on Assault on Agathon
novel
by Alan Caillou
Starring Nico Minardos
Nina van Pallandt
Marianne Faithfull
John Woodvine
Music by Ken Thorne
Cinematography Giorgos Arvanitis
Aris Stavrou
Edited by Igo Kantor
Distributed by MGM
Release date
  • July 24, 1975 (1975-07-24)
Running time
 96 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Assault on Agathon is a 1975 drama film directed by László Benedek. Based on a novel by Alan Caillou, the film stars Nico Minardos, Nina van Pallandt, Marianne Faithfull and John Woodvine.

Plot

Cabot Cain is a Western secret agent assigned to stop the mysterious Agathon, an ex-World War II revolutionary, who is committing terrorist acts in Greece and Albania. [1]

Production

Nico Minardos obtained financing for the film from Kjell Qvale, a Bay Area-based automotive entrepreneur who was then the majority shareholder in Jensen Motors. Minardos had approached Qvale for a product placement deal to use a Jensen Interceptor during filming but ultimately convinced Qvale to finance the entire movie.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999 - Paul Mavis - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  2. ↑ "Finding Nico (2010)".
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