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The Liquidator (1965)

Director(s) Jack Cardiff
Producer(s) Jon Penington, Harry Fine
Top Genres Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller/Suspense
Top Topics Spies
More Films Directed by Jack Cardiff More Films from 1965 More Films from the 1960s Top Classic Movies of the 1960s Top Spies Films

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The Liquidator (1965) was a Action - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Jack Cardiff and produced by Jon Penington and Harry Fine.

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The Liquidator: "Life is not all sex and sun lamps"

By Rick29 on Mar 8, 2017 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

One of the first spy spoofs in the wake of Goldfinger (1964), The Liquidator stars Rod Taylor as Boysie Oakes, a reluctant secret agent--or assassin, to be more precise. Boysie enjoys the swinging bachelor pad, the expensive sports car, and the ladies that come with the job. He just doesn't like the... Read full article

The Liquidator: "Life is not all sex and sun lamps"

By Rick29 on Mar 8, 2017 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

One of the first spy spoofs in the wake of Goldfinger (1964), The Liquidator stars Rod Taylor as Boysie Oakes, a reluctant secret agent--or assassin, to be more precise. Boysie enjoys the swinging bachelor pad, the expensive sports car, and the ladies that come with the job. He just doesn't like the... Read full article

The Liquidator (1965)

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

Rod Taylor could have played James Bond. In the documentary Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches, Taylor recalled meeting with Bond series producer Albert "Cubby Broccoli. When the part was offered to Taylor he responded saying, "Cubby it'll never work. That's TV. It'll never work on the big screen." Boy ... Read full article

The Liquidator (1965)

By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

Rod Taylor could have played James Bond. In the documentary Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches, Taylor recalled meeting with Bond series producer Albert "Cubby Broccoli. When the part was offered to Taylor he responded saying, "Cubby it'll never work. That's TV. It'll never work on the big screen." Boy ... Read full article

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The Liquidator Quotes:

'Boysie' Oakes: [piloting an airplane] Just get me out of here, I'm scared sick!
Flying Instructor: Were all scared... from time to time.
Bodelaire Sheriek: Yes, What do you want?
Chekhov: Bodelaire, I'm Chekhov.
Bodelaire Sheriek: Huh?
Chekhov: If only we could sell the house and go back to Moscow.
Bodelaire Sheriek: What are you talk... oh yes, yes of course, the password. Uhm, just a minute ehm... ah... life is just a bowl of cherry orchards? No?
Chekhov: No.
Bodelaire Sheriek: Oh! well, of course: but first we must cut down the orchards.
Chekhov: Hmm.
Iris MacIntosh: The mysterious Mr. Oakes. Codename 'L'. The Colonel keeps your file in the 'secret' Secret Draw.
Quadrant: Bodelaire, I leave you with this one thought in mind: you pre-decease a very important person.
'Boysie' Oakes: What a marvelous coincidence. Going my way?
Iris MacIntosh: Which way?
'Boysie' Oakes: Eh, my place for coffee. Well, we have nothing to do.
Iris MacIntosh: The invitation is just resistable tonight.
'Boysie' Oakes: But we may not have another night.
Iris MacIntosh: That's up to you, is'nt it, Boysie. Taxi!
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The Liquidator Facts
According to the 2003 book 'Conversations with Jack Cardiff' by Justin Bowyer and Jack Cardiff, a legal dispute delayed the film's originally intended November 1965 release for about a year, and was not released until late 1966.
Based on the first of the 'Boysie Oakes' novels by John Gardner, published in 1964. There were seven more: Understrike (1965), Amber Nine (1966), Madrigal (1968) Founder Member (1969), The Airline Pirates (1970), Traitor's Exit (1970) and Killer for a Song (1975). After that Gardner took over writing the James Bond series from the late Ian Fleming.
Trevor Howard's spy chief character Mostyn evoked his equivalent character 'M' in the James Bond movie franchise due to Mostyn having the same first 'M' letter in his name.
The secret code letter assigned to agent Boysie Oakes is 'L' as in Liquidator.
This movie was made and released approximately one year after John Gardner's novel 'The Liquidator' was first published in 1964.
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