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RUN...love takes you where the spies are...PURSUE...women who are curved like weapons...Hide...with the one you seek...and the sparks fly upward... - The Great Spy Chase
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Title: The Great Spy Chase

Release Date: 10 Dec 1964

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Comedy, Action, Thriller

Director: Corona Cinematografica, S.N.E. Gaumont, Sicilia Cinematografica, Ultra Film, American International Pictures

Production Companies: Corona Cinematografica, S.N.E. Gaumont, Sicilia Cinematografica, Ultra Film, American International Pictures

Overview: A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (144 votes)

Cast

  • Francis Lagneau: Lino Ventura
  • Boris Vassiliev: Francis Blanche
  • Eusebio Cafarelli: Bernard Blier
  • Amaranthe: Mireille Darc
  • Commodore O'Brien: Jess Hahn
  • Rudolphe Rossini: André Weber
  • Swiss colonel: Louis Arbessier
  • Customs officer: Jacques Balutin
  • Mrs. Pauline: Françoise Giret
  • Lucienne, aka Rosalinde: Violette Marceau
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