The Private Right
6.3
Following the end of the liberation struggle against British Colonial Rule in Cyprus, an EOKA rebel fighter travels to London to exact revenge on the collaborator who betrayed him and applied water torture. The film contains the first ever scenes of water-boarding showing the rebel being tortured supervised by a British intelligence officer. A dramatic search through the streets of London follows, culminating in a tense life or death confrontation. The film became a cause-célèbre in England, was critically acclaimed and discussed in the Houses of Parliament.
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Cast
12 people
Dimitri Andreas
Minos Elias
Known for
Top Secret!
Evil Under the Sun
George Kafkaris
Tassos Phantis
Also in
The Magus
Tamara Hinchco
Girl
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Rockliffe's Babies
The Land of Dreams
Cristos Demetriou
Kypros
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Charlotte Selwyn
Waitress
Also in
The Saint
The Avengers
Seraphim Nicola
Rebel
Also in
ITV Play of the Week
Dinner with My Sisters
John Brogan
Interrogator
Nana Georgiou
Tassos' Girlfriend
Also in
Ιστορίες του Χωρκού
Word of Honour
Takis Theophanous
Café Singer
No other roles listed
Joanna Farber
Girl in Dream
No other roles listed
Philip Haralambous
First Rebel
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Haraklia Kleanthous
Old Woman
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Michael Papas Director · Phil Mottram Editor
First release December 4, 1966 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Onyx Films Production
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 4, 1966
Premiere
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
May 31, 1968 · Theatrical
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