Assault on a Queen

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Assault on a Queen
Directed by Jack Donohue
Produced by William Goetz
Written by Rod Serling
Starring Frank Sinatra
Virna Lisi
Anthony Franciosa
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Release date(s) 1966
Running time 106 min
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Assault on a Queen is a 1966 thriller, directed by Jack Donahue, starring Frank Sinatra and Italian beauty Virna Lisi. Based on the 1959 novel by Jack Finney, the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 15, 1966.


Summary: A group of adventurers refloat a World War II German submarine and make preparations to use it to pull a very large heist: The British ocean liner Queen Mary, which they plan to rob on the high seas while the liner is making a transatlantic crossing.

Tagline: They stick up the Queen Mary in mid-Atlantic.