The Assassination of Trotsky
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| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Screenplay by | Nicholas Mosley Franco Solinas (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Norman Priggen |
| Starring | Richard Burton Alain Delon Romy Schneider Valentina Cortese Jean Desailly |
| Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis |
| Edited by | Reginald Beck |
| Music by | Egisto Macchi |
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| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1 million ($2.4 million) |
| Box office | 561,109 admissions (France) |
The Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 historical thriller film directed by Joseph Losey. It dramatizes the killing of exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky by NKVD agent Frank Jacson in Mexico City in 1940. It stars Richard Burton as Trotsky and Alain Delon as Jacson, along with Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, and Jean Desailly.
The film was an Italian, French, and British co-production. It was released by Cinerama Releasing Corporation on April 20, 1972. It received generally negative reviews from critics.