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Les Espions

Les Espions (The Spies)  Sleeve

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An ambitious and knotty tale of espionage set in a dilapidated psychiatric hospital. A down at heel doctor is offered a substantial sum of money by the US military to shelter a new patient. Soon the beds are full of spies all with an interest in him. A real treat for Clouzot fans.

 

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Director Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring Peter Ustinov, Sam Jaffe, Curd J?rgens, Vera Clouzot

 

Genre World Cinema

 

Country France / Italy Language French   Year 1957

 

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Trailers; Colour booklet and photo gallery.

 

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Certificate 15   Length 137 mins   Label CEST
Cat No CLV107   Format DVD   Black & White
Region2   Aspect 16:9 Widescreen
Subtitles English.

 

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Review by Barry Forshaw on 12th November 2003

A very welcome DVD issue for Clouzot's rarely seen comic thriller, graced with a very eclectic cast, including Curd Jurgens and Peter Ustinov (as well as the director's wife, Vera, so memorable in Les Diaboliques). Not in the class of Clouzot's great movies, but great to finally track down.

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Article - "Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Cinema of Pleurisy" by David Parkinson
Thursday 25th September 2003

Having failed to fulfil his naval, legal and journalistic ambitions, Henri-Georges Clouzot turned to screenwriting with Carmine Gallone’s Ma Cousine de Varsovie in 1931. Later the same year, he made his directorial debut with the short, La Terreur des Batig...  View article in full

 

 

 

 

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