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Topaz is a 1969 American espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Based on the 1967 novel of the same title by Leon Uris , the film is about a French intelligence agent (Stafford) who becomes entangled in Cold War politics before the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and then the breakup of an international Soviet spy ring.
- $6 million
- December 19, 1969 (US)
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Maurice Jarre
A French agent uncovers a Russian spy ring and a Cuban missile crisis plot in this drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film features a star-studded cast, a complex plot, and two different endings.
- (19K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1969-12-19
Synopsis. The story is set in 1962 and opens with images of a Soviet military parade on the Red Square in Moscow, USSR. In Copenhagen, Denmark, a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer defects to the West with his wife and daughter after a chase through the streets from the Soviet embassy to the US embassy. Upon arrival in Washington, DC, CIA ...
Jan 16, 2020. Rated: 3/5 • Sep 16, 2019. When a Soviet official defects to the United States, he brings with him claims that Russia is using Cuba as a staging ground for nuclear missiles. CIA ...
- (32)
- Alfred Hitchcock
- PG
- Frédérick Stafford
After browsing through the studio's available properties, Hitchcock eventually settled on Leon Uris' 1967 Cold War thriller "Topaz". Universal were keen to develop a blockbuster film with an international cast and they set a budget of $4,000,000 — the largest budget for any Hitchcock film.
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Topaz (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Castro A sequence less remarkable for Alfred Hitchcock's attempt to integrate his principals (John Vernon, Frederick Stafford, Karin Dor) into a real Cuban rally than for the genuine appearance of Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara, from Topaz, 1969.
