Last Man to Kill

Last Man to Kill, released in Italy as Un milione di dollari per 7 assassini, is a 1966 spy-crime picture jointly produced by Italy and France. Umberto Lenzi directed and shared the screenplay with Gianfranco Clerici, with Romana Film behind the production. The leading roles went to Roger Browne, Erika Blanc and Dakar, while the supporting ensemble included genre regulars like Sal Borgese, Nello Pazzafini and Carlo Hintermann. The movie arrived during the mid-1960s European craze for thrillers modeled on the Bond formula, and it closed out Lenzi's run in that field, being his fourth and final espionage outing before he turned to other kinds of cinema. Its Italian name, referring to a million dollars offered for seven killers, hints at a milieu of assassins, large sums and treachery. Abroad, it circulated under alternate titles, among them a French release billed as Un million de dollars pour sept assassinats.