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Adaptations
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form
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Assignment Redhead
Million Dollar Manhunt;
Requiem for a Redhead
( dir. Maclean Rogers
)
United Kingdom (UK)
:
Butcher's Film Service
,
1956
6445840
1956
single work
film/TV
crime
thriller
'Story of an international gang of ex-Nazi racketeers who are after a fortune of twelve million dollars.'
Source: British Film Institute (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/24473) (Sighted: 18/9/2013)
Notes
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Dedication: to Guy Hamilton Doleman, sometimes known as Dumetrius
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Filmed in 1956 as Assignment Redhead, and a shortened version filmed for the U.S.A. in 1962 as Million Dollar Manhunt.
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Written as a novel from the radio play 'Dossier on Dumetrius'.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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form
y
Dossier on Dumetrius
1951
Sydney
:
Grace Gibson Productions
,
1951
Z1394639
1951
single work
radio play
thriller
The first of five Major Keen radio serials, Dossier on Dumetrius is a spy story set in post-war London. The Dumetrius document is gathering dust in a silent room until it comes to the attention of MI5 and Major Gregory Keen.
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