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The Spies

The Spies

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The Spies

1957

2h 5m

6.6(40 votes)

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

Alex

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Michel Kiminsky

O.E. Hasse

O.E. Hasse

Hugo Vogel

Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe

Sam Cooper

Paul Carpenter

Paul Carpenter

Col. Howard

Véra Clouzot

Véra Clouzot

Lucie

Martita Hunt

Martita Hunt

Connie Harper

Gérard Séty

Gérard Séty

Dr. Malic

Clément Harari

Clément Harari

Victor

Gabrielle Dorziat

Gabrielle Dorziat

Madame Andrée l'infirmière

Creative team

Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Written by: Jérôme Géronimi
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Produced by: Henri-Georges Clouzot

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