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19 December 1969 (USA) moreTagline:
Hitchcock takes you behind the actual headlines to expose the most explosive spy scandal of the century!Plot:
A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
15 Bloody Box Sets (From Fangoria. 19 January 2009, 8:00 AM, PST)
'Animal House' Star Vernon Dies
(From WENN. 7 February 2005)
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Underrated Hitchcock moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Frederick Stafford | ... | Andre Devereaux | |
| Dany Robin | ... | Nicole Devereaux | |
| John Vernon | ... | Rico Parra | |
| Karin Dor | ... | Juanita de Cordoba | |
| Michel Piccoli | ... | Jacques Granville | |
| Philippe Noiret | ... | Henri Jarre | |
| Claude Jade | ... | Michele Picard | |
| Michel Subor | ... | Francois Picard | |
| Roscoe Lee Browne | ... | Philippe Dubois | |
| Per-Axel Arosenius | ... | Boris Kusenov | |
| John Forsythe | ... | Michael Nordstrom | |
| Edmon Ryan | ... | McKittreck | |
| Sonja Kolthoff | ... | Mrs. Kusenov | |
| Tina Hedström | ... | Tamara Kusenov (as Tina Hedstrom) | |
| John Van Dreelen | ... | Claude Martin |
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143 min | 127 min (edited version)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Spain:18 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:PG (DVD rating) | Iceland:12 | UK:A (original rating) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1970) | Peru:14 | Sweden:11 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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Leon Uris wrote the first draft of the screenplay, but Alfred Hitchcock declared it unshootable at the last minute and called in Samuel A. Taylor (writer of Vertigo (1958)) to rewrite it from scratch. Some scenes were written just hours before they were shot. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: As the camera, suspended on a ceiling track, follows Rico Parra down the crowded hotel corridor in New York, one of the hanging lights can be seen to suddenly disappear upwards before it has gone out of shot (allowing the camera to continue forwards). moreMovie Connections:
Featured in 'Topaz': An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001) (V) moreFAQ
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I agree completely with the previous reviewer that "Topaz", while not in the same ballpark as Hitchcock's best is still an underrated film that's gotten too much of a bum rap. I appreciate the fact that it's willing to take a look at the Castro regime for exactly what it has been and always will be. The tense scene where we watch Roscoe Lee Browne from a distance, with no dialogue and only the sound of street noises, bribe a Cuban official to get important material, ranks with Hitchcock's best. And Karin Dor is both radiantly sexy and courageous as a Cuban resistance leader. The ending is a bit abrupt and weak though, and I probably would have preferred one of the two alternate endings featured in the laser disc supplement.