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form yAssignment RedheadMillion Dollar Manhunt; Requiem for a RedheadMaclean Rogers,
( dir. Maclean Rogers)United Kingdom (UK):Butcher's Film Service,195664458401956single 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
Dedication: to Guy Hamilton Doleman, sometimes known as Dumetrius
Filmed in 1956 as Assignment Redhead, and a shortened version filmed for the U.S.A. in 1962 as Million Dollar Manhunt.
Written as a novel from the radio play 'Dossier on Dumetrius'.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
form yDossier on DumetriusLindsay Hardy,
1951Sydney:Grace Gibson Productions,1951Z13946391951single 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.