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Death Has a Bad Reputation

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Death Has a Bad Reputation
DVD cover
Genre	Action Thriller
Written by	Murray Smith
Story by	Frederick Forsyth
Directed by	Lawrence Gordon Clark
Starring	Tony Lo Bianco Pamela Villoresi Elizabeth Hurley
Music by	Paul Chihara
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Frederick Forsyth Nick Elliott Murray Smith
Producer	Frederick Muller
Cinematography	Cristiano Pogany
Editor	Alan Pattillo
Running time	98 minutes
Production company	FremantleMedia for LWT
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	24 November 1990 (1990-11-24)

Death Has a Bad Reputation is a 1990 British made-for-television action thriller film based on a story by Frederick Forsyth starring Tony Lo Bianco, Pamela Villoresi and Elizabeth Hurley. It was originally broadcast 24 November 1990 in the UKonITV as part of Frederick Forsyth Presents series of six thriller films based on stories by Forsyth.

Synopsis[edit]

A British agent chases after notorious international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as "Carlos the Jackal", when he resurfaces in Europe. Intelligence networks worldwide are involved when Donatini, a United States Department of State employee, is assassinated.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Tony Lo Bianco as Carlos
Pamela Villoresi as Antonella
Elizabeth Hurley as Julia Latham
Gottfried John as Rodimstev
Alan Howard as Sam McCready
Venantino Venantini as Umberto Aidoni
David Lyon as Patrick Cowlishaw
Richard Hope as Spry
Garrick Hagon as Stephen T. Hamilton
Philip Lowrie as Superintendent Jamieson
Nancy Lippold as Patricia

Gino donatini as Roberto renna

References[edit]

^ "Rent Frederick Forsyth: Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990) film".

External links[edit]

Death Has a Bad ReputationatIMDb

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Works by Frederick Forsyth

Books

The Biafra Story (1969)
The Day of the Jackal (1971)
The Odessa File (1972)
The Dogs of War (1974)
The Shepherd (1975)
The Devil's Alternative (1979)
Emeka (1982)
No Comebacks (1982)
The Fourth Protocol (1984)
The Negotiator (1989)
The Deceiver (1991)
Great Flying Stories (1991)
The Fist of God (1994)
Icon (1996)
The Phantom of Manhattan (1998)
The Veteran (2001)
Avenger (2003)
The Afghan (2006)
The Cobra (2010)
The Kill List (2013)
The Fox (2018)

Adaptations

The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Odessa File (1974)
The Dogs of War (1980)
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990)
The Jackal (1997)
Icon (2005)
Avenger (2006)
The Shepherd (2023)
The Day of the Jackal (2024)

Screen story

Cry of the Innocent (1980) (TV)

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