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The Great Spy Chase

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...

19646.81h 45m

Overview

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.

Directed by Georges Lautner
Written by Albert Simonin, Michel Audiard
Produced by Jean Mottet, Robert Sussfeld
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Top Cast

Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Francis Lagneau

Francis Blanche

Francis Blanche

Boris Vassiliev

Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier

Eusebio Cafarelli

Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc

Amaranthe

Jess Hahn

Jess Hahn

Commodore O'Brien

André Weber

André Weber

Rudolphe Rossini

Louis Arbessier

Louis Arbessier

Swiss colonel

Jacques Balutin

Jacques Balutin

Customs officer

Françoise Giret

Françoise Giret

Mrs. Pauline

Violette Marceau

Violette Marceau

Lucienne, aka Rosalinde

Themes & Keywords

espionagewidowcastlespoofsecret service

About The Great Spy Chase

The Great Spy Chase is a comedy, action, thriller film released in 1964 exploring themes of espionage, widow, castle, spoof, secret service. Directed by Georges Lautner, it stars Lino Ventura, Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier. 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.

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