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Ansa agentille

Original title: Where the Spies Are
  • 1965
  • (Banned)
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
889
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Ansa agentille (1965)
AdventureComedy

A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.

  • Director
    • Val Guest
  • Writers
    • Wolf Mankowitz
    • Val Guest
    • James Leasor
  • Stars
    • David Niven
    • Françoise Dorléac
    • John Le Mesurier
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    889
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Val Guest
    • Writers
      • Wolf Mankowitz
      • Val Guest
      • James Leasor
    • Stars
      • David Niven
      • Françoise Dorléac
      • John Le Mesurier
    • 22User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Ansa agentille (1965)
    Françoise Dorléac in Ansa agentille (1965)
    Françoise Dorléac in Ansa agentille (1965)
    David Niven and Françoise Dorléac in Ansa agentille (1965)
    David Niven and Françoise Dorléac in Ansa agentille (1965)
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    Ansa agentille (1965)
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    Ansa agentille (1965)
    David Niven and Françoise Dorléac in Ansa agentille (1965)

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    David Niven
    David Niven
    • Dr. Jason Love
    Françoise Dorléac
    Françoise Dorléac
    • Vikki
    • (as Francoise Dorleac)
    John Le Mesurier
    John Le Mesurier
    • MacGillivray
    Cyril Cusack
    Cyril Cusack
    • Rosser
    Eric Pohlmann
    Eric Pohlmann
    • Farouk
    Richard Marner
    Richard Marner
    • Josef
    Paul Stassino
    Paul Stassino
    • Simmias
    George Pravda
    George Pravda
    • 1st Agent
    Noel Harrison
    Noel Harrison
    • Jackson
    Ronald Radd
    Ronald Radd
    • Stanilaus
    Alan Gifford
    Alan Gifford
    • Security
    Bill Nagy
    Bill Nagy
    • Aeradio
    George Mikell
    • Assassin
    Nigel Davenport
    Nigel Davenport
    • Parkington
    Reginald Beckwith
    Reginald Beckwith
    • Mr. Kahn
    Gábor Baraker
    • 2nd Agent
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    • Lecturer
    Derek Partridge
    Derek Partridge
    • Duty Officer
    • Director
      • Val Guest
    • Writers
      • Wolf Mankowitz
      • Val Guest
      • James Leasor
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    • Trivia
      According to John Heseltine, who restored the car for the film, star David Niven couldn't master the idiosyncratic gearbox of the white 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton Convertible, and subsequently it was driven in bottom gear, resulting in it overheating. The scene in the film showing the steaming Cord was hastily rewritten to work around the problem. The car had to be restored from nothing but a rusty collection of parts in just six months to get it ready for filming.
    • Goofs
      Before Love is sent to Beirut, Jackson checks the papers to be given to Love. The last of them is "a photo of Rosser". Later in Rosser's hotel room in Beirut, however, a very important scene is built around the proposition that Love does not know what Rosser looks like. Love may not be an actual spy, but he should still be able to recognize a man from his photo.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Jason Love: Good lord, I was almost a virgin surgeon in those days.

    • Crazy credits
      The film title appears on a paper, which burns up over the opening credits.

    User reviews22

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    5/10
    never takes off
    A foreign power is taking out British Intelligence. Another agent gets murdered in Lebanon and the service is forced to recruit doctor Jason Love (David Niven). He worked for the service during the war. He is assured that it's a safe and easy job. It's not. He pretends to be attending a medical convention. At the Paris airport, he encounters his contact, beautiful model Vikki. He misses his flight which explodes in mid-air.

    This is neither funny nor thrilling. It's trying to be a fun spy action flick. He is definitely no Bond. There is a few attempts at humor but they mostly fall flat. This is not the gritty realistic type but it's also not that fun. It's stuck in the muddy middle. Even the exotic locations don't feel that exotic. This is the start of a franchise which never took off.
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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1965 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Where the Spies Are
    • Filming locations
      • Beirut, Lebanon
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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