A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.
Acting
Vittorio Gassman actually trying in his segment
Production
Four countries, four crews, one confused Henry Fonda
Direction
Terence Young's competent opener vs. the chaos that follows
Director
Terence Young
Henry Fonda
Dimitri Koulov
Robert Ryan
General Bruce
Vittorio Gassman
Perego / Ferrari
Annie Girardot
Suzette / Monique
Peter van Eyck
Petchatkin
Bourvil
Lalande
Robert Hossein
Dupont
Wolfgang Lukschy
Russian General
Mario Adorf
Callaghan
Jacques Sernas
Glazov
Georges Marchal
Serge
Klaus Kinski
Russian Agent
Gabriel Gobin
O'Hara
Jackie Blanchot
Joe
Violette Marceau
Lisa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terence Young directed the first segment then immediately left to make Thunderball, leaving three European directors to fight over the scraps.
This Franco-Italian-German co-production epitomizes 1960s Europudding filmmaking—star-studded, borderless, and barely coherent.
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