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The Defector is a french film of genre Drama directed by Raoul Lévy released in USA on 20 october 1966 with Montgomery Clift

The Defector (1966)

L'Espion

The Defector
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Released in USA 20 october 1966
Length 1h46
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Spy
Rating57% 2.8527952.8527952.8527952.8527952.852795

The Defector is a 1966 thriller film, starring Montgomery Clift, Roddy McDowall and Macha Meril. It was directed by Belgian director/producer Raoul Lévy and based on the 1965 novel L'espion by Paul Thomas.

Synopsis

Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques collector where he encounters Heinzmann, an East German fellow physicist, who is also a secret agent. Heinzmann is aware of Bower's meeting with Adams and his intention to steal the microfilm, but their mutual respect for one another's tactics complicate the proceedings.

Actors

Montgomery Clift

(Professor James Bower)
Hardy Krüger

(Counselor Peter Heinzmann)
Roddy McDowall

(Agent Adams)
Macha Méril

(Frieda Hoffmann)
Christine Delaroche

(Ingrid Weiß)
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