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To Skin a Spy

To Skin a Spy

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To Skin a Spy

1966

1h 30m

5.8(18 votes)

Thriller

Overview

A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak in this routine spy saga. He is caught in the crossfire of international enemy agents trying to eliminate the French.

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10 featured cast members

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Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Pascal Fabre

Jean Bouise

Jean Bouise

Margery, dit « le boiteux »

Marilù Tolo

Marilù Tolo

Anna

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Kern

Charles Regnier

Charles Regnier

Erfuhrt

Ellen Bahl

Ellen Bahl

Ingrid Kern

Wolfgang Preiss

Wolfgang Preiss

Chalieff

Jean Servais

Jean Servais

Weigelt

Louis Arbessier

Louis Arbessier

le Colonel

Mino Doro

Mino Doro

Man with Chalieff

Creative team

Directed by: Jacques Deray
Written by: José Giovanni

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