The Executioner

The Executioner

Every day he lives, somebody else dies!

NR 1970 · 107 min · ★ 5.9 · Thriller

A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.

Directed by Sam Wanamaker · Written by Jack Pulman

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