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Topaz

  • 19691969
  • M/PGM/PG
  • 2h 23m
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6.2/10
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Topaz (1969)
A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
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A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an in... Read allA French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
19K
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    • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Leon Uris(from the novel by)
    • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Frederick Stafford
    • Dany Robin
    • John Vernon
    • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Leon Uris(from the novel by)
    • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Frederick Stafford
    • Dany Robin
    • John Vernon
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    • 115User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
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    Roscoe Lee Browne, John Vernon, and Carlos Rivas in Topaz (1969)
    John Vernon, Karin Dor, and Carlos Rivas in Topaz (1969)
    Claude Jade, Philippe Noiret, and Frederick Stafford in Topaz (1969)
    Karin Dor, John Roper, and Frederick Stafford in Topaz (1969)
    John Forsythe and Michel Piccoli in Topaz (1969)
    Roscoe Lee Browne, John Vernon, and Carlos Rivas in Topaz (1969)
    Dany Robin and Frederick Stafford in Topaz (1969)
    John Forsythe and Tina Hedström in Topaz (1969)
    Philippe Noiret and Michel Subor in Topaz (1969)
    Claude Jade and Michel Subor in Topaz (1969)
    Alfred Hitchcock and Claude Jade in Topaz (1969)
    "Topaz," Alfred Hitchcock. Publicity Photo, c. 1969.

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    Frederick Stafford
    Frederick Stafford
    • Andre Devereaux
    Dany Robin
    Dany Robin
    • Nicole Devereaux
    John Vernon
    John Vernon
    • Rico Parra
    Karin Dor
    Karin Dor
    • Juanita de Cordoba
    Michel Piccoli
    Michel Piccoli
    • Jacques Granville
    Philippe Noiret
    Philippe Noiret
    • Henri Jarre
    Claude Jade
    Claude Jade
    • Michele Picard
    Michel Subor
    Michel Subor
    • Francois Picard
    Per-Axel Arosenius
    • Boris Kusenov
    Roscoe Lee Browne
    Roscoe Lee Browne
    • Philippe Dubois
    Edmon Ryan
    Edmon Ryan
    • McKittreck
    Sonja Kolthoff
    • Mrs. Kusenova
    Tina Hedström
    Tina Hedström
    • Tamara Kusenova
    • (as Tina Hedstrom)
    John Van Dreelen
    John Van Dreelen
    • Claude Martin
    Donald Randolph
    Donald Randolph
    • Luis Uribe
    • (as Don Randolph)
    Roberto Contreras
    Roberto Contreras
    • Muñoz
    Carlos Rivas
    Carlos Rivas
    • Hernandez
    Roger Til
    Roger Til
    • Jean Chabrier
      • Alfred Hitchcock
      • Leon Uris(from the novel by)
      • Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to Alfred Hitchcock, this was another of his experimental movies. In addition to the dialogue, the plot is revealed through the use of colors, predominantly red, yellow, and white. He admits that this did not work out.
    • Goofs
      A shot during the May Day parade sequence at the beginning of the film clearly reveals the parade to be taking place during the 50th anniversary of the October revolution (around the 1:29 mark), putting it in 1967 as opposed to 1961-63 when the story is supposed to have taken place. Therefore a person watching this parade could not have possibly defected to the USA and warned them of the Soviet missile deployment in Cuba (as is claimed in the beginning of the film).
    • Quotes

      Nicole Devereaux: Okay, I'm going. And you two secret agents can settle down and be secret agents.

      Andre Devereaux: I wish you wouldn't use such words, my love.

      Nicole Devereaux: Why? Who do you think you are fooling, my master spy? Everybody in Washington knows that you are not a Commercial Attaché. Everybody in Washington knows that the Chief of Russian Intelligence is the chauffeur who drives a car for...

      Andre Devereaux: Everybody in Washington does *not* know these things. And I would thank you not to repeat them. Go to bed.

      Michael Nordstrom: Nicole, where did you hear that about the Chief of Russian Intelligence?

      Nicole Devereaux: From my butcher.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: Somewhere in this crowd is a high Russian official who disagrees with his government's display of force and what it threatens. Very soon his conscience will force him to attempt an escape while apparently on a vacation with his family. Copenhagen, Denmark Nineteen Hundred Sixty-two
    • Alternate versions
      Hitchcock shot two versions with completely different endings. Both endings are featured in the laserdisc version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Topaz: Alternative Endings (1969)
    • Soundtracks
      Chant sans paroles, op. 40, No. 6
      (1878)

      Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Pyotr Tchaikovsky)

    User reviews115

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    An underrated Cold War thriller
    Based on Leon Uris' novel of the same name about the tense days of the Cuban missile crisis, Alfred Hitchcock's `Topaz' is an underrated cold-war thriller - - underrated by English-speaking audiences and critics probably because the chief protagonist is a Frenchman! The first half of the movie is especially exciting, starting as it does with the defection (very realistically filmed) of a top Soviet official to the U.S, who hints at the existence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.. Frederick Stafford very adequately plays Andre Deveraux, the French trade official with Cuban connections whose help is requested by the Americans. Karin Dor is excellent as his beautiful Cuban paramour. Hitchcock's initial portrayal of Castro's Cuba is that of a rather benign place, but quickly changes to a frightening place later in the movie when the director clearly delineates the full brutality of his terrible regime. Deveraux's allies in Cuba are tortured and killed. The last third of the film, set in France, is not as exciting. The movie takes it own time exposing the members of the Topaz spy ring. The transition of the action from Cuba to France is abrupt and is another weakness of this flick. Maybe, `Topaz' should have been filmed in 2 parts, one about the Cuban missile crisis and another about French fellow-travellers! This is, perhaps, the only movie in which Hitchcock seems to show some sympathy towards those who get murdered, as evidenced by the final scene, which shows the ironical contrast between the superficial newspaper headline about the Cuban missile crisis ending and the grim fates of the unsung secret agents who helped end it. `Topaz' is one of the best cold-war movies ever made. Critics should re-evaluate it. But it is only a good Hitchcock movie, not his best.
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    • Release date
      • December 19, 1969 (United States)
      • United States
      • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
      • English
      • Spanish
      • French
      • Russian
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    • Filming locations
      • Frederiksberg, Denmark
    • Production company
      • Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
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    • 2 hours 23 minutes
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