A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues.A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues.A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues.
Carol Cleveland
- Girl
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to a 15 January 1970 Associated Press report published two days day after the film's initial airing on ABC, the film ran about 12 minutes short because someone started the projector for part two of the film while several minutes of film were left on the projector unreeling part one. Per the AP: "This resulted in the omission of a big chunk of action in mid-program and panic at the studio when the program unexpectedly ended early. They grabbed a handy reel of film and slammed it on the air. ... Almost 350 viewers called ABC to ask what was wrong. And two called to congratulate the network on the filler program, a minidocumentary on the Revolutionary War that was never finished."
- GoofsBlake Butler is misspelled 'Blacke' Butler in the opening credits.
- ConnectionsFollows The Spy Killer (1969)
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Robert Horton is a retired spy, or so he thinks. He's asked by Sebastian Cabot to go on a trip to Russia, where he'll be picked up by the government as an agent and traded back to Britain in return for a turned Russian agent who will be promoted. He says no. However, when girlfriend Jill St. John is to be deported, he says yes. After he's captured, there's a problem: the spy he was traded for is dead. So he agrees to do a job for Soviet spymaster Eric Pohlmann.
It's a nicely tangled web of intrigue in its late 1960s style, with Horton fashionably dressed in a white turtleneck amidst elegant surroundings that belie the dirty dealings of all involved. It's efficiently directed by Roy Ward Baker from a script by Terence Fisher. The plotting is excellent, I unraveled the well constructed mystery, which always pleases me, and it only took 75 minutes. With Clive Graham and Carol Cleveland.
It's a nicely tangled web of intrigue in its late 1960s style, with Horton fashionably dressed in a white turtleneck amidst elegant surroundings that belie the dirty dealings of all involved. It's efficiently directed by Roy Ward Baker from a script by Terence Fisher. The plotting is excellent, I unraveled the well constructed mystery, which always pleases me, and it only took 75 minutes. With Clive Graham and Carol Cleveland.
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- Jan 24, 2024
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- Geheimagent John Smith: Spion zum Austausch
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- Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, England, UK(Taxi drives down in the opening credits)
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