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    The Venetian Affair

    1967 · Action · 1h 32m

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  1. User Reviews. In 1967, when the spy genre became well and truly a parody of itself, there were only some spy films that were serious attempts in the genre. "The Venetian Affair" is one such film. It's a very well made, suspenseful and dramatic work, based on Helen MacInnes' novel of the same name.

  2. The Venetian Affair: Directed by Jerry Thorpe. With Robert Vaughn, Elke Sommer, Felicia Farr, Karlheinz Böhm. Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.

    • (556)
    • Action, Thriller
    • Jerry Thorpe
    • 1967-02-10
  3. Jerry Thorpe. Synopsis. Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.

  4. The Venetian Affair is a 1967 spy film directed by Jerry Thorpe and starring Robert Vaughn and Elke Sommer. It is based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Helen MacInnes.

  5. The Venetian Affair, written in 1963, features an American journalist who stumbles into a plot while traveling to Paris. He travels to Venice with a young woman to help the "good guys" (CIA, British Intelligence, Surete) foil the evil communists.

    • (1.4K)
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • Helen Macinnes
  6. Review: An American diplomat who is attending a peace conference focused on nuclear disarmament has a secret. In the minutes leading up to him entering the relevant building in Venice, he was briefed by one Robert Wahl ( Karlheinz Böhm ), a mysterious figure who took away all the man's metallic objects, including cigarette case, keys and ...

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  8. MacInnes' book had been a best-seller but the film reviews were mixed at best: The New York Times' critic described Elke Sommer's duplicitous spy as being, 'voluptuously ridiculous.' by Glenn Erickson

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