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Topaz: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor. French Intelligence Agent Andre Devereaux becomes embroiled in Cold War politics, first by uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then breaking up an international Russian spy ring.
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- 1969-12-19
Topaz is a 1969 American espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Karin Dor, John Vernon, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and John Forsythe.
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A high ranking Russian official defects to the United States, where he is interviewed by US agent Michael Nordstrom. The defector reveals that a French spy ring codenamed "Topaz" has been passing NATO secrets to the Russians. Michael calls in his French friend and counterpart Andre Devereaux to expose the spies.
Following the critical and commercial failure of Torn Curtain, Hitchcock initially spent over a year developing ideas for what was titled variously as Kaleidoscope or Frenzy. Several writers worked on the project, including Benn Levy, Howard Fast and novelist Hugh Wheeler before Universal's Lew Wassermanpersuaded Hitchcock to put it to one side in ...
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the cultured baddie - Jacques Granville (Michel Piccoli)Directed by: 1. Alfred Hitchcock Starring: 1. Frederick Stafford - André Devereaux 2. Dany Robin - Nicole Devereaux 3. Claude Jade - Michèle Picard 4. Michel Subor - François Picard 5. Karin Dor - Juanita de Cordoba 6. John Vernon - Rico Parra 7. Michel Piccoli - Jacques Granville 8. Philippe Noiret - Henri Jarre 9. Per-Axel Arosenius - Boris Kusen...
Jump up Not to be confused with the 1972 filmof the same name.Jump up Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilliganJump up Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 684-86Jump up Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 688Samuel A. Taylor. Screenplay. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
Topaz is a 1969 American espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Karin Dor, John Vernon, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and John Forsythe.
Frederick Stafford (born Friedrich Strobel von Stein) was an Czech-born actor who was fluent in several European languages. Stafford was leading man in European spy-movies. Alfred Hitchcock engaged him in 1968 to play the leading role in Topaz. He married Austrian actress Marianne Hold.
