Gene Summers (played by Paul Massie) appears in Orders to Kill.
Protagonist and USAAF ex-bombardier tasked with assassinating suspected double agent Marcel Lafitte in Nazi-occupied Paris. After witnessing Lafitte's gentle nature and killing him, Summers is consumed by guilt, turns to alcoholism, and later discovers the mission was a mistake. He ultimately seeks redemption by financially supporting Lafitte's impoverished family. Léonie (played by Irene Worth) appears in Orders to Kill.
Paris-based Resistance contact and dressmaker who supplies Summers with identity documents. She firmly rebukes his doubts about the mission, but is later captured and executed by the Nazis, deepening Summers' guilt. Lafitte (played by Leslie French) appears in Orders to Kill.
Gentle and family-oriented French Resistance worker suspected of being a Nazi double agent. Actually innocent, he is brutally killed by Summers despite saving the protagonist from German troops. His death leaves his wife and daughter impoverished, and he is later posthumously praised by Summers.
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Characters
Gene Summers
(played by Paul Massie) — supporting
Protagonist and USAAF ex-bombardier tasked with assassinating suspected double agent Marcel Lafitte in Nazi-occupied Paris. After witnessing Lafitte's gentle nature and killing him, Summers is consume...
Léonie
(played by Irene Worth) — supporting
Paris-based Resistance contact and dressmaker who supplies Summers with identity documents. She firmly rebukes his doubts about the mission, but is later captured and executed by the Nazis, deepening...
Lafitte
(played by Leslie French) — supporting
Gentle and family-oriented French Resistance worker suspected of being a Nazi double agent. Actually innocent, he is brutally killed by Summers despite saving the protagonist from German troops. His d...
Key Relationships
Léonie → Lafitte
(Alliance Indirect Ally)
Gene Summers → Léonie
(Professional Agent)
Gene Summers → Lafitte
(Conflict Assassin)
Story Analysis
A soldier's mission to assassinate a suspected traitor unravels into a profound moral crisis and quest for truth.
Plot Progression
The Assignment & Descent
Doubt & The Café Encounter
The Assassination & Aftermath
Truth & Redemption
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Orders to Kill (1958) · 7.2/10 · drama, thriller, war
