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The Great Spy Chase
“RUN...love takes you where the spies are...PURSUE...women who are curved like weapons...Hide...with the one you seek...and the sparks fly upward...”
6.9 / 10• 1964• 1h 48m•NR• French
ComedyActionThriller
Storyline
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
Cast & Crew
Lino Ventura
Francis Lagneau
Lead
Francis Blanche
Boris Vassiliev
Bernard Blier
Eusebio Cafarelli
Mireille Darc
Amaranthe
Jess Hahn
Commodore O'Brien
André Weber
Rudolphe Rossini
Louis Arbessier
Swiss colonel
Jacques Balutin
Customs officer
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Georges Lautner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Great Spy Chase is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
