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Operation C.I.A. is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 8 september 1965 with Burt Reynolds
Operation C.I.A. (1965)
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Add to a movie listOperation C.I.A. is a 1965 black-and-white spy thriller film set in Saigon but filmed in Bangkok. Written by Bill S. Ballinger wrote a series of spy thrillers at the time and is also Burt Reynolds' first lead role. Allied Artists had previously filmed their A Yank in Viet-Nam on actual South Vietnamese locations but by 1965 the security situation had deteriorated to such an extent that the safety of the film makers could not be guaranteed. The film was originally titled Last Message from Saigon with an announcement made in 1964 it would be filmed in Saigon, Hong Kong and Bangkok.
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Secret Agent Mark Andrews is sent to Saigon where he prevents the assassination of the American Ambassador.Actors
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