Assignment Redhead

Assignment Redhead
British quad poster
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Produced by William G. Chalmers
Richard Gordon
Screenplay by Maclean Rogers
Based on Requiem for a Redhead
by Lindsay Hardy
Starring Richard Denning
Carole Mathews
Ronald Adam
Danny Green
Music by Wilfred Burns
Cinematography Ernest Palmer
Edited by Peter Mayhew
Production
company
Distributed by Rank Film Organisation (UK)
Release date
 1956
Running time
 79 mins
Country United Kingdom
US
Language English
Budget over £15,000[1]

Assignment Redhead (released in the US as Million Dollar Manhunt) is a 1956 British crime thriller, written and directed by Maclean Rogers.[2] It is based on the novel Requiem for a Redhead by Lindsay Hardy. The UK title of this film refers to the accordion-playing character central to the plot, Hedy Bergner, but as the movie is shot in black and white that is the only clue to the fact that she is supposed to be a redhead!

Plot

A murderous international master criminal (played by Ronald Adam), who specialises in providing false travel documents, seeks to get his hands on a hoard of counterfeit cash.

Cast

Production

The movie was the first of seven made by Richard Gordon's Amalgamated Productions. It was a co-production with Butcher's Film Distributors.[1]

The film was made for under £15,000 plus the salaries and expenses of the American participants.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tom Weaver, The Horror Hits of Richard Gordon, Bear Manor Media 2011 p 17
  2. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/24473
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