The Spies (1957)

The Spies

Original title: Les espions
Movie1957• Not Rated• 2h 5m
DramaMysteryThriller
⭐ 6.7 / 10(1,186)

Short of cash for his private clinic, a French psychiatrist accepts money from a NATO Intelligence agent to shelter a defecting Soviet-bloc scientist but enemy spies are closing-in.

Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
2h 5m
Released
1957
Country
France, Italy

Details

Release year: 1957

Storyline

Short of cash for his private clinic, a French psychiatrist accepts money from a NATO Intelligence agent to shelter a defecting Soviet-bloc scientist but enemy spies are closing-in.

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Did you know

• Director Henri-Georges Clouzot wanted Terry-Thomas to star in this movie, but the latter had to reject due to his full working schedule.

• Final theatrical movie of Véra Clouzot (Lucie).

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User reviews

⭐ 8/10

So ahead of its time it remains indecipherable today.

👍 21 · 5/13/2002
⭐ 8/10

Wildly Unpredictable Version of The Old "Spy Vs Spy"/"Who Can I Trust?" Plot

👍 7 · 12/20/2011
⭐ 8/10

Cold War Spy Paranoia with a Sense of the Absurd

👍 6 · 5/25/2008
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Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
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