ORDERS TO KILL
Anthony Asquith, 1958
Release date: 20 September 2022
Starring Paul Massie (The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll), James Robertson Justice (The Face of Fu Manchu), and Lillian Gish (Intolerance), Orders to Kill is a bruising, brilliant wartime espionage drama.
Based on a story by real-life spy Donald Downes, and co-scripted by another former spy, Paul Dehn (The Deadly Affair, Fragment of Fear), Anthony Asquith’s film follows an American airman sent into occupied France with orders to kill a suspected double agent... but the mission does not go according to plan.
Famous for its shocking violence and moral ambiguity, Orders to Kill won three BAFTA Awards, but caused a stir at the Cannes Film Festival due to its alleged ‘anti-American’ tone.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• The BEHP Interview with Anthony Havelock-Allan (1990): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the producer in conversation with Linda Wood and Dave Robson
• Matthew Sweet on Anthony Asquith (2022): the journalist and author examines Asquith’s career and Orders to Kill
• Two Fathers (1944): short film, directed by Asquith for the Ministry of Information, featuring Bernard Miles as an Englishman and Paul Bonifas as a Frenchman who share a hotel room and discuss the involvement of their children in the Second World War
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Adam Scovell, archival articles, and film credits
• US premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies for US
I received my copy today, there are no changes in the supplements listed. The archival interviews in the booklet are with Paul Massey and Donald Downes, and there is also a two paragraph piece on Two Fathers.
