Les Espions

1957 French film
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  • Vera Films
  • Pretoria Film
Distributed byCinédis
Release date
  • 11 October 1957 (1957-10-11) (Paris)
Running time
126 minutesCountries
  • France
  • Italy

Les Espions ("The Spies") is a 1957 French-Italian noir mystery film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov O. E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe, Paul Carpenter, Véra Clouzot, Martita Hunt and Gérard Séty. The music was composed by Georges Auric.

It was shot at the Saint-Maurice in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.

Plot

The plot concerns a doctor at a rundown psychiatric hospital who is offered a million francs 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.

Cast

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