Death Has a Bad Reputation

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Death Has a Bad Reputation
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GenreAction Thriller
Written by Murray Smith
Story by Frederick Forsyth
Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark
Starring
Music by Paul Chihara
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerFrederick Muller
Cinematography Cristiano Pogany
Editor Alan Pattillo
Running time98 minutes
Production company FremantleMedia for LWT
Original release
Network ITV
Release24 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 UK on ITV as part of Frederick Forsyth Presents , a series of six thriller films based on stories by Forsyth.

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Synopsis

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

Gino Donatini as Roberto Renna

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