Hot Line | |
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American theatrical poster | |
Directed by | Etienne Périer |
Written by | Dominique Fabre Guerdon Trueblood Paul Jarrico |
Produced by | Alexander Salkind |
Starring | Charles Boyer Robert Taylor |
Cinematography | Manuel Berenguer |
Music by | Paul Misraki |
Distributed by | American International Pictures (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | English |
Hot Line (US title: The Day the Hot Line Got Hot, French: Le Rouble à deux faces or Le Téléphone rouge) is a 1967 French/Spanish international co-production comedy spy thriller directed by Etienne Périer and starring Robert Taylor in his final feature film and Charles Boyer. It was released in the US by American International Pictures.
Plot
An American and Russian agent find themselves duped by a double agent who works for both of them. Also involved are a naive IBM computer operator and the telephone operator at the hot-line center in Stockholm.
Cast
- Charles Boyer as Vostov, KGB head
- Robert Taylor as Anderson, CIA chief
- George Chakiris as Eric Ericson, Computer Expert with IBM
- Marie Dubois as Natasha
- Gérard Tichy as Truman
- Marta Grau as Old Lady
- Irene D'Astrea as Old Lady
- Josefina Tapias as Old Lady
- Maurice de Canonge as Director of Hotel
- Gustavo Re as Police Chief
- Ilya Salkind as himself
Bibliography
- Blake, Matt; Deal, David (2004). The Eurospy Guide. Baltimore: Luminary Press. ISBN 1-887664-52-1.
References
- Blake, Deal
External links
- The Day the Hot Line Got Hot at IMDb
- The Day the Hot Line Got Hot at AllMovie
- Le rouble à deux faces at the British Film Institute
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