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| Henry Fonda | ... |
Dimitri Koulov
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| Robert Ryan | ... |
General Bruce
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| Vittorio Gassman | ... |
Perego /
Ferrari (French)
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| Annie Girardot | ... |
Suzette /
Monique (French)
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Bourvil | ... |
Lalande
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Robert Hossein | ... |
Dupont
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| Peter van Eyck | ... |
Petchatkin
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Maria Grazia Buccella | ... |
Natalia
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Mario Adorf | ... |
Callaghan
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Jacques Sernas | ... |
Sernas
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Georges Marchal | ... |
Serge
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Wolfgang Lukschy | ... |
Russian General
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Louis Arbessier | ... |
Ivanov
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Jackie Blanchot | ... |
Joe
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Gabriel Gobin | ... |
O'Hara
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The US intelligence chief in Europe relates the stories of three different operations that he was involved in with colleagues in Paris and Djibouti, Rome, and Berlin.
Three quickies for the price of one and you get what you pay for. The plots of the individual segments are necessarily simple but each short film is better than the last. Robert Ryan is peripherally involved in each and his cynical narration seems appropriate only for the last story where even the good guys are bad. Italian, French, and British filmmakers each take their turn in presenting the trio of espionage tales.