Danger Route

Danger Route (1967)

He Is A Weapon! Government Issue! He killed 39 men, each with a single blow! 6 were mistakes!

Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, he discovers a mole has infiltrated British intelligence.

Date of release
1967-10-01
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
Seth Holt

Casting

Interesting facts

Danger Route is a 1967 British spy film directed by Seth Holt for Amicus Productions and starring Richard Johnson as Jonas Wilde, Carol Lynley and Barbara Bouchet. It was based on Andrew York's 1966 novel The Eliminator that was the working title of the film.

Production

The film was an attempt to cash in on the popularity of James Bond movies. It was based on The Eliminator, a novel by Andrew York about an assassin, Jonas Wilde, who worked for "The Route", a small government organization based on the island of Jersey. It was published in 1966. The Observer called it "a fast moving spy story". "There isn't a human, living character in the book," said The Guardian.

Film rights were bought by Amicus who in January 1967 announced they would make the movie from a script by Meade Roberts under the direction of Seth Holt. It would be the first of a three-picture deal with United Artists. In February Amicus said Richard Johnson would play the lead. It was one of several starring roles Johnson played in the late 1960s. Diana Dors played a support role.

Milton Subotsky of Amicus called the movie doomed, saying the director Seth Holt was ill during filming, the script never worked and the cameraman was replaced in the middle of the shoot. Box office response was poor. Subotsky later said this and What Became of Jack and Jill? were "total failures".

It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Don Mingaye.

At one stage the working title was People Who Make No Noise Are Dangerous.

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