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Cast
Vic Morrow
as Michael Cardiff
Peter van Dissel
as Capt. Evered Roos
Gaby Getz
as Julia Ivens
Stuart Parker
as Commander Overbeek
Sam Williams
as Umzinga
Gillian Garlick
as Nurse Susan Schoenfeld
Siegfried Mynhardt
as Judge William Whitfield
Norman Coombes
as Fourie
Chris Bezuidenhout
as Karl Yates
Albert Raphael
as Claude Ormsby
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1974
Runtime1h 32m
LanguageEN
CertificationNR
GenresCrime, Action
Votes5
DirectorIvan Hall
WritersWalter Brough
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.2 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsFuneral for an Assassin
About Funeral for an Assassin
Michael Cardiff is a professional revolutionary highly trained in a variety of techniques of assassination, infiltration and evading law enforcement. After escaping from prison he places identification items on a decomposed body to make him appear dead as he plans his revenge against the government. Cardiff uses his skills to murder a prominent judge making his death look like an accident in order to plant an improvised explosive device at his funeral attended by the movers and shakers of the regime. Only one non conformist police captain is on to his plans.
Directed by Ivan Hall, Funeral for an Assassin leans on a strong ensemble — Vic Morrow, Peter van Dissel, Gaby Getz — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1974.
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