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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.
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Directed by | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Written by | Henri-Georges Clouzot Jerome Geronimi (adaptation dialogue) |
Based on | d'après le roman de Egon Hostovsky "Le Vertige de minuit" |
Produced by | Georges Lourau Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Starring | Curd Jürgens Peter Ustinov O. E. Hasse Sam Jaffe Paul Carpenter Véra Clouzot Martita Hunt Gerard Sety |
Cinematography | Christian Matras |
Edited by | Madeleine Gug |
Music by | Georges Auric |
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Distributed by | Cinédis |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
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It was shot at the Saint-Maurice in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
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.
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