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Where the Spies Are

  • 19661966
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
760
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Where the Spies Are (1966)
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.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
760
YOUR RATING
    • Val Guest
    • Wolf Mankowitz(screenplay)
    • Val Guest(screenplay)
    • James Leasor(additional scenes)
  • Stars
    • David Niven
    • Françoise Dorléac
    • John Le Mesurier
    • Val Guest
    • Wolf Mankowitz(screenplay)
    • Val Guest(screenplay)
    • James Leasor(additional scenes)
  • Stars
    • David Niven
    • Françoise Dorléac
    • John Le Mesurier
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    • 20User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Where the Spies Are (1966)
    Françoise Dorléac in Where the Spies Are (1966)
    Françoise Dorléac in Where the Spies Are (1966)
    David Niven and Françoise Dorléac in Where the Spies Are (1966)
    David Niven and Françoise Dorléac in Where the Spies Are (1966)
    Where the Spies Are (1966)
    Where the Spies Are (1966)
    Where the Spies Are (1966)
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    David Niven and Françoise Dorléac in Where the Spies Are (1966)

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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
      • Val Guest
      • Wolf Mankowitz(screenplay)
      • Val Guest(screenplay)
      • James Leasor(additional scenes) (novel "Passport to Oblivion")
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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
      After Niven thwarts the assassin, he runs around helter-skelter with the assassin's rifle, making him the target of the mob's fury. Can anyone explain why the director would have him running around with that damn rifle? It looked utterly absurd.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Jason Love: Well, so long as its clearly understood that I'm not a cross between Superman and a spy in black.

      MacGillivray: Yes, well I do hope you're not; because, that kind of exhibitionism always ends in tragedy.

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

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    Where the spies were
    A dated little movie,but which ,thanks to the cast ,remains entertaining today.It was Goldfinger time and it shows.The scene on the plane recalls the ending of the best James Bond of all time,Vikki broadly playing the part of Pussy Galore.

    But it is difficult to believe that a doctor can become a secret agent overnight.But if you forget that (in the highly superior "North by Northwest ",Cary Grant portrayed the same kind of hero),you may find his adventures palatable.

    Also notable for the presence of Catherine Deneuve's sister ,Françoise Dorleac,then one of the most promising French actresses who tragically died two years later.
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    • Release date
      • January 19, 1966 (Iran)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • Beirut, Lebanon
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes

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