The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

Zeppelins. Bombs. Bordellos. Burials. You name It. We have It.

Directed by Basil Dearden

Produced by Heathfield (GB)

1969112 min6.7 / 10

A globe-trotting period comedy-thriller that uses assassination and moral ambiguity as the backdrop for a playful, high-spirited adventure across early 20th-century Europe.

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Assassination Bureau sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is The Assassination Bureau scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is The Assassination Bureau violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.

  • Is The Assassination Bureau easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Does The Assassination Bureau end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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56/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity71

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise43

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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