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The Secret Agents ()

The Dirty Game (original title)
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The US intelligence chief in Europe relates the stories of three different operations that he was involved in with colleagues in Paris and Djibouti, Rome, and Berlin.

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Lalande
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Dimitri Koulov
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Perego / Ferrari (French)
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Suzette / Monique (French)
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Serge
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Petchatkin
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Callaghan
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Natalia
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Glazov
Louis Arbessier ...
Ivanov
Jackie Blanchot ...
Joe (as Jack Blanchot)
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O'Hara
Violette Marceau ...
Lisa
Helmut Wildt ...
Perry
Sylvain Levignac ...
Karl, Russian Assassin
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Russian General
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Russian Agent (as Klaus Kinsky)
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Dupont
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General Bruce
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Sernas' Henchman at First Meeting with Ferrari (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari ...
Swimming Pool Girl (uncredited)
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Carabiniere (uncredited)
Pietro Ceccarelli ...
Sernas' Bald Henchman (uncredited)
Nino Crisman ...
Colonel de Luca (uncredited)
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Assistent of the Professor (uncredited)
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Sergeant in Military Office (uncredited)
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Corporal Colombo (uncredited)
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Carabinieri marshal (uncredited)
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Agente italiano camuffato (uncredited)

Directed by

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Christian-Jaque
Carlo Lizzani
Terence Young
Werner Klingler ... (uncredited)

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Philippe Bouvard ... (dialogue)
 
Jacques Caborie ... ()
 
Christian-Jaque ... (dialogue)
 
Ennio De Concini ... () (as E. Deconcini)
 
Jo Eisinger ... () (uncredited)
 
Jacques Rémy ... ()

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Richard Hellman ... executive producer
Eugène Tucherer ... associate producer

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Gian Piero Reverberi ... (as G.P. Reverberi)
Robert Mellin ... (uncredited)

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Richard Angst
Erico Menczer
Pierre Petit

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Franco Fraticelli
Borys Lewin
Alan Osbiston

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Zarmine Torossian ... assistant editor

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Axim Axerio
Robert Grabiti
Heinrich Weidemann

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Raymond Gabutti

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Irms Pauli

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Peter Hahne ... production manager
Jean Mottet ... production manager

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Raymond Villette ... first assistant director (as Raymond Vilette)

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Georges Mardiguian ... sound

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Aldo Canti ... stunts (uncredited)
Pietro Ceccarelli ... stunts (uncredited)

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Alain Boisnard ... underwater cinematographer
Noël Martin ... camera operator

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Eléonore Yoshizawa ... location manager

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Denise Morlot ... script supervisor

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Beate Hasenau ... voice dubbing: Maria Grazia Buccella (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

This anthology of spy stories has the US intelligence chief in Europe, General Bruce, recall a few individual cases he supervised. In the Berlin case, Soviet intelligence Colonel Dimitri Koulov escapes East Berlin to Checkpoint Charlie. The US Army MPs receive him and promise to the overly excited and anxious Soviet defector to inform their HQ in the morning. Koulov explains that his life is in danger and he wants to see General Bruce, to convey secret information.The MPs place Koulov in a hotel for the night and wait for General Bruce's arrival but Soviet agents try to kill Koulov.In the French case, General Bruce recalls how he cooperated with the French when two US submarines, operating in secrecy off French Djibouti, were in danger of sabotage by enemy agents.The US had to solicit French intelligence to help neutralize the enemy group. In the Italian case, General Bruce remembers how the US cooperated with Italian intelligence to save an Italian scientist from being kidnapped by enemy agents. Written by nufs68

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Taglines The world they rule is a world of shadows. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Guerre secrète (France)
  • La guerre secrète (France)
  • La guerra segreta (Italy)
  • Spione unter sich (West Germany)
  • The Secret Agents (United States)
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Trivia In one scene, Bourvil was purposely not warned (as it wasn't in the script) that he would find Annie Girardot completely naked in bed. The actor was visibly embarrassed, while the cameraman, also surprised, did not call the 'cut' and had to take another shot. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in I Knew Her Well (1965). See more »
Soundtracks The Dirty Game (Main Title) See more »

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