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Directed by Henry Hathaway,
Gerd OswaldOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Spy films,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Tyrone Power,
Patricia Neal,
Stephen McNally,
Karl Malden,
Helene Stanley,
Hildegard KnefRating67%
Mike Kells is assigned by the State Department to fly to Salzburg and meet his old friend Sam Carew, who will pass a top-secret document to him. A passenger on the plane, Joan Ross, takes a liking to Mike and expresses a desire to see him again., 1h35
Directed by Jean-Louis RoyOrigin SuisseGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Action,
SpyThemes Spy films,
Films about magic and magiciansActors Marie-France Boyer,
Daniel Emilfork,
Howard Vernon,
Ben Carruthers,
Jacques Dufilho,
Serge GainsbourgRating63%
Von Krantz, savant infirme à demi fou, a inventé l'Annulator, procédé capable de désamorcer les armes nucléaires, ce qui ne manque pas de susciter la convoitise de puissants états (les États-Unis et la Russie) comme d'étranges organisations (les Chauves et les Asiatiques de Soleil Noir-Orient). La demeure de Krantz, véritable bunker protégé par un terrifiant système anti intrusion, est bientôt cernée par des espions de tout poil. Sa fille Sylvaine et son assistant Yvan sont enlevés pour servir de monnaies d'échange aux assaillants impatients de s'approprier les plans du fantastique Annulator., 1h40
Directed by Carol ReedOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Spy films,
Political filmsActors James Mason,
Claire Bloom,
Hildegard Knef,
Geoffrey Toone,
Aribert Wäscher,
Ernst SchröderRating69%
Ivo Kern (James Mason) is a former lawyer who has participated in Nazi atrocities and is now selling his expertise to East Germans to kidnap and transport certain West Germans to the eastern bloc. Although Kern desires to relocate to the West, he is hampered by West German suspicions and his criminal past. Nevertheless, he agrees to a final kidnapping venture that fails, forcing his employer to take over and abduct Briton Susanne Mallison (Claire Bloom) by mistake. Kern had earlier feigned a romance with Mallison as a means to seize his kidnapping target., 2h4
Directed by Henri VerneuilOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
SpyThemes Spy films,
Radio,
Political filmsActors Yul Brynner,
Henry Fonda,
Jean Desailly,
Dirk Bogarde,
Philippe Noiret,
Michel BouquetRating61%
Aleksey Teodorovic Vlassov (Yul Brynner) is a high ranking KGB official who defects while in France. He has with him highly-classified information as part of a deal with Western intelligence for his arrival in the United States. The debriefing is held at Langley by DCI Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) and MI6 representative Philip Boyle (Dirk Bogarde). Vlassov hands off a list of enemy agents in Western Europe including a deep penetration into NATO. Davies wants to begin operations to arrest the agents; however, those on the list suddenly begin to die off. The CIA also has suspicions over the authenticity of Vlassov's claims. The CIA discovers that a defection photo of Vlassov was taken in the Soviet Union, not in Turkey, judging from the contours of Mt. Ararat in the background. Vlassov also fails a lie detector test after he angrily protests about sexual related questions asked by the CIA during the test., 1h45
Directed by Laurent HeynemannOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Spy filmsActors Philippe Noiret,
Jean Rochefort,
Lisa Kreuzer,
Bernard Le Coq,
Maurice Teynac,
Roland BlancheRating70%
Athanase, chef d'un groupe de contre-espionnage ultra secret, « Le Hangar », se voit confier la mission d'exécuter Birgitt Haas, une ex-terroriste allemande. Un nouveau-venu dans le groupe, Colonna, suggère de camoufler l'exécution en crime passionnel en jetant dans les bras de Birgitt un individu qui portera le chapeau une fois le meurtre accompli. Colonna suggère pour ce rôle Bauman, chômeur délaissé par sa femme et sans grande personnalité, qui se trouve être le mari de sa maîtresse. Athanase accepte l'opération mais exige que Bauman s'en tire. Arrivé à Munich, Bauman rencontre Birgitt, tombe amoureux d'elle et fait le projet de l'emmener. Le groupe d'Athanase décide d'agir rapidement pour exécuter Birgitt, mais Bauman s'interpose et Colonna est blessé à mort par la terroriste qui est arrêtée., 1h59
Directed by Anatole Litvak,
Gerd OswaldOrigin USAGenres War,
Thriller,
Action,
Spy,
HistoricalThemes Spy films,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Richard Basehart,
Gary Merrill,
Oskar Werner,
Hildegard Knef,
Dominique Blanchar,
Hans Christian BlechRating71%
By late 1944, it is obvious that the Germans will lose the war. American Colonel Devlin (Gary Merrill) leads a military intelligence unit that recruits German prisoners of war to spy on their former comrades. "Tiger" (Hans Christian Blech), a cynical older thief and ex-circus worker, is willing to work for whichever side is winning. On the other hand, "Happy" (Oskar Werner) is a young idealist who volunteers to spy after his friend has been killed by fanatical fellow prisoners for voicing doubts about the war's outcome. Monique (Dominique Blanchar) trains Happy and the others in espionage techniques; she takes a liking to the young man, despite her hatred for Germans., 2h
Directed by Yves BoissetOrigin FranceGenres Thriller,
HistoricalThemes Films about writers,
Spy films,
Films about journalists,
Political filmsActors Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Gian Maria Volonté,
Michel Piccoli,
Jean Seberg,
Philippe Noiret,
Michel BouquetRating69%
Sadiel, dirigeant progressiste et membre de l'opposition dans un pays méditerranéen, est exilé en Suisse pour échapper au régime autoritaire de son pays. Une machination est montée pour le faire venir à Paris, afin de l'interroger et de l'éliminer. L'affaire est orchestrée par un membre important de la classe politique française. Les Services secrets coopèrent avec Kassar, Ministre de l'Intérieur du pays en question. Malgré la résistance tardive d'un des membres du complot et les efforts d'un policier intègre, l'affaire ira jusqu'à son terme., 2h10
Directed by John SchlesingerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Documentary,
Spy,
CrimeThemes Spy films,
Political filmsActors Timothy Hutton,
Sean Penn,
Pat Hingle,
Richard A. Dysart,
Priscilla Pointer,
Chris MakepeaceRating67%
Chris Boyce et Daulton Lee ont 23 ans en 1974, dans une Amérique que le scandale du Watergate traumatise. Amis d'enfance, ils ont choisi des voies totalement opposées : Lee est devenu un petit dealer, tandis que Chris, après avoir renoncé à la prêtrise, se consacre au dressage de son faucon. Grâce à son père, il est embauché dans une importante compagnie d'électronique, la TRW. Rapidement promu, il occupe un poste de confiance, recevant les messages codés d'un satellite espion pour le compte de la CIA. C'est ainsi qu'il prend connaissance des agissements peu glorieux de son pays. Citoyen modèle, il ne comprend pas que la CIA se permette de manipuler impunément tous les gouvernements du monde, y compris ceux de ses alliés (soutien au putschiste Augusto Pinochet au Chili, déstabilisation du gouvernement travailliste en Australie, ., 1h36
Directed by Andy SidarisOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Spy,
CrimeThemes Spy films,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Sexploitation filmsActors Erik Estrada,
Devin DeVasquez,
Danny Trejo,
Phyllis Davis,
Chuck McCann,
George Kee CheungRating44%
An international crime lord stages a brutal murder in Las Vegas to lure federal agents away from Hawaii in an attempt to smuggle assault weapons to drug traffickers in South America.