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5.0/10   121 votes
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Director:
Jerry Thorpe
Writers:
Helen MacInnes (novel)
E. Jack Neuman (writer)
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Release Date:
5 July 1967 (France) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller more
Tagline:
Vaughn! Venice! Vooom!
Plot:
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Under-rated dramatic, 60s spy film more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Robert Vaughn ... Bill Fenner
Elke Sommer ... Sandra Fane
Felicia Farr ... Claire Connor
Karlheinz Böhm ... Robert Wahl (as Karl Boehm)
Luciana Paluzzi ... Giulia Almeranti

Boris Karloff ... Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
Roger C. Carmel ... Mike Ballard

Edward Asner ... Frank Rosenfeld
Joe De Santis ... Jan Aarvan
Fabrizio Mioni ... Russo
Wesley Lau ... Neill Carlson
Bill Weiss ... Goldsmith
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min | 89 min (Turner library print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:(Banned) (1967)
Filming Locations:
Venice, Veneto, Italy

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Frank Rosenfeld: I'm sorry about her. It's a stinkin' business. The job had to get done.
Bill Fenner: Go to hell, Rosie.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Italy's in Season (1967) more
Soundtrack:
Our Venetian Affair more

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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Under-rated dramatic, 60s spy film, 26 June 1999
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Author: BillFenner1967 from Venice, Italy

In 1967, when the spy genre became well and truly a parody of itself, there were only some spy films that were serious attempts in the genre. "The Venetian Affair" is one such film. It's a very well made, suspenseful and dramatic work, based on Helen MacInnes' novel of the same name. Still TV's super-spy Napoleon Solo, Robert Vaughn plays the anti-hero, antithesis of Solo/Bond/Flint etc, as former-CIA man, now downtrodden journalist Bill Fenner. He plays Fenner extremely well, a perfect role for Vaughn's sensibilities as a thoughtful, intellectual man. Aided magnificently is a strong European cast - Elke Sommer, Boris Karloff, Luciana Paluzzi and Karl Boehm to name just a few. Also prominent is Edward Asner as the tough CIA chief Rosenfeld.

Overall, this is an excellent and often misunderstood film. Most people and critics alike, expected the any spy film from this era to be more glamorous and fun a la "In Like Flint" or "You Only Live Twice" which came out the same year. However, looking in retrospect some thirty-years on, one can appreciate a fine dramatic work, one which stands up to the test of time much better than any of its more outrageous competitors.

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