# Death Has a Bad Reputation

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = Death Has a Bad Reputation.jpg
| image_size         =
| image_alt          = 
| caption            = DVD cover
| genre              = Action Thriller
| writer             = [Murray Smith](/source/Murray_Smith_(writer))
| story              = [Frederick Forsyth](/source/Frederick_Forsyth)
| director           = [Lawrence Gordon Clark](/source/Lawrence_Gordon_Clark)
| starring           = {{plainlist|
* [Tony Lo Bianco](/source/Tony_Lo_Bianco)
* [Pamela Villoresi](/source/Pamela_Villoresi)
* [Elizabeth Hurley](/source/Elizabeth_Hurley)
  }}
| music              = [Paul Chihara](/source/Paul_Chihara)
| country            = United Kingdom
| language           = English
| producer           = Frederick Muller
| executive_producer = {{plainlist|
* [Frederick Forsyth](/source/Frederick_Forsyth)
* Nick Elliott
* [Murray Smith](/source/Murray_Smith_(writer))
  }}
| editor             = [Alan Pattillo](/source/Alan_Pattillo)
| cinematography     = [Cristiano Pogany](/source/G%C3%A1bor_Pog%C3%A1ny)
| runtime            = 98 minutes
| company            = [FremantleMedia](/source/FremantleMedia) for [LWT](/source/LWT)
| budget             = 
| network            = [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network))
| released           = {{Start date|1990|11|24|df=y}} 
}}

'''''Death Has a Bad Reputation''''' is a 1990 British [made-for-television](/source/television_film) [action thriller film](/source/Action_film) based on a story by [Frederick Forsyth](/source/Frederick_Forsyth) starring [Tony Lo Bianco](/source/Tony_Lo_Bianco), [Pamela Villoresi](/source/Pamela_Villoresi) and [Elizabeth Hurley](/source/Elizabeth_Hurley). It was originally broadcast 24 November 1990 in the UK on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) as part of ''[Frederick Forsyth Presents](/source/Frederick_Forsyth_Presents)'', a series of six thriller films based on stories by Forsyth.

==Synopsis==
A British agent chases after notorious international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as "[Carlos the Jackal](/source/Carlos_the_Jackal)", when he resurfaces in [Europe](/source/Europe). [Intelligence networks](/source/Intelligent_Network) worldwide are involved when Donatini, a [United States Department of State](/source/United_States_Department_of_State) employee, is assassinated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk/rentals/frederick-forsyth-death-has-a-bad-reputation-133414.html|title=Rent Frederick Forsyth: Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990) film}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[Tony Lo Bianco](/source/Tony_Lo_Bianco) as Carlos
*[Pamela Villoresi](/source/Pamela_Villoresi) as Antonella
*[Elizabeth Hurley](/source/Elizabeth_Hurley) as Julia Latham
*[Gottfried John](/source/Gottfried_John) as Rodimstev
*[Alan Howard](/source/Alan_Howard_(actor)) as Sam McCready
*[Venantino Venantini](/source/Venantino_Venantini) as Umberto Aidoni
*[David Lyon](/source/David_Lyon_(actor)) as Patrick Cowlishaw
*[Richard Hope](/source/Richard_Hope_(actor)) as Spry
*[Garrick Hagon](/source/Garrick_Hagon) as Stephen T. Hamilton
*[Philip Lowrie](/source/Philip_Lowrie) as Superintendent Jamieson
*Nancy Lippold as Patricia
Gino Donatini as Roberto Renna

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0099383|Death Has a Bad Reputation}}

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Category:1990 films
Category:1990 television films
Category:1990 action thriller films
Category:British thriller television films
Category:British action thriller films
Category:British spy films
Category:Films based on works by Frederick Forsyth
Category:Films based on mystery novels
Category:Cultural depictions of Carlos the Jackal
Category:ITV (TV network) original programming
Category:Films scored by Paul Chihara
Category:1990 English-language films
Category:1990 British films
Category:English-language action thriller films

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