Assault on Agathon

Assault on Agathon
Assault on Agathon
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	László Benedek
Screenplay by	Alan Caillou
Based on	Assault on Agathon; novel; by Alan Caillou
Produced by	Nico Minardos
Starring	Nico Minardos; Nina van Pallandt; Marianne Faithfull; John Woodvine
Cinematography	Giorgos Arvanitis; Aris Stavrou
Edited by	Igo Kantor
Music by	Ken Thorne
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	July 24, 1975;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Assault on Agathon is a 1975 drama film directed by László Benedek and starring Nico Minardos, Nina van Pallandt, Marianne Faithfull and John Woodvine. It is based on a novel by Alan Caillou.

Premise

Cabot Cain is a Western secret agent assigned to stop the mysterious Agathon, an ex-World War II revolutionary, who is committing terrorist acts in Greece and Albania.^[1]

Production

Nico Minardos obtained financing for the film from Kjell Qvale, a Bay Area-based automotive entrepreneur who was then the majority shareholder in Jensen Motors. Minardos had approached Qvale for a product placement deal to use a Jensen Interceptor during filming but ultimately convinced Qvale to finance the entire movie.^[2]

References

^ Mavis, Paul (8 June 2015). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999 - Paul Mavis - Google Books. ISBN 9781476604275. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
^ "Finding Nico (2010)".

External links

Assault on Agathon at IMDb

This 1970s drama film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to an American film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Mavis, Paul (8 June 2015). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999 - Paul Mavis - Google Books. ISBN 9781476604275. Retrieved 2017-07-03.

[2] "Finding Nico (2010)".

[1]

[2]