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1968 Italian film

OSS 117 – Double Agent
Italian film poster
Directed by	Jean-Pierre Desagnat Renzo Cerrato André Hunebelle
Written by	Renzo Cerrato Jean-Pierre Desagnat Pierre Foucaud Michel Lévine
Based on	Pas de roses pour OSS 117 by Jean Bruce
Produced by	André Hunebelle
Starring	John Gavin Curt Jurgens Luciana Paluzzi Margaret Lee
Cinematography	Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by	Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Cinema International Corporation (Italy) Valoria Films (France)
Release date	28 July 1968 (1968-07-28)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	English
Box office	1,226,223 admissions (France)

OSS 117 – Double Agent (also known as OSS 117: Murder for Sale or No Roses for OSS 117 (Pas de Roses pour OSS 117)) is a 1968 Eurospy film about agent OSS 117, starring John Gavin.

Plot

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Cast

John Gavin as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117, alias William Chandler
Margaret Lee as Aïcha Melik
Curd Jürgens as the Major
Luciana Paluzzi as Maud the doctor
Robert Hossein as Dr Saadi
Rosalba Neri as Conchita
George Eastman as Karas
Guido Alberti as Farouk Melik
Piero Lulli as Heinrich Van Dyck
Renato Baldini as MacLeod
Luciano Bonanni as a policeman

Production

Frederick Stafford did not reprise his role as he was filming Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz and was replaced by John Gavin. The film used an idea of having the hero undergo plastic surgery to fool his enemies, an idea discarded by the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) that was being filmed at the same time.

The film was shot in Rome and Tunisia. It was known during production as No Roses for Robert.

Reception

The film was only a moderate success at the box office in France – the 40th most popular film of the year.

It was not released in the US despite Gavin's presence in the lead role. However the film did help Gavin be cast, briefly, as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

References

"Niente rose per OSS 117 (1968)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
"OSS 117 - Double Agent / OSS 117 - Murder for Sale". UniFrance. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Top box office hits in France in 1968 at Box Office Story
^ Philippe Lombard, "No Roses for OSS11" Production information at Historie de Tournages
Martin, Betty (Feb 9, 1968). "MOVIE CALL SHEET: John Gavin Set for Role". Los Angeles Times. p. c15.
"French box office 1968". Box Office Story.

External links

OSS 117 – Double Agent at IMDb
Review of film at The Lucid Nightmare
Review of movie at Double O blogsite

v t e Films by André Hunebelle
Mission in Tangier (1949) Millionaires for One Day (1949) Beware of Blondes (1950) My Wife Is Formidable (1951) Massacre in Lace (1952) Monsieur Taxi (1952) My Husband Is Marvelous (1952) The Three Musketeers (1953) Cadet Rousselle (1954) Thirteen at the Table (1955) The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955) Mannequins of Paris (1956) Les Collégiennes (1957) Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958) Le Bossu (1959) Captain Blood (1960) Le Miracle des loups (1961) The Mysteries of Paris (1962) OSS 117 Is Unleashed (1963) Méfiez-vous, mesdames (1963) Fantômas (1964) Shadow of Evil (1964) OSS 117 Mission for a Killer (1964) Fantômas se déchaîne (1965) Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1967) The Return of Monte Cristo (1968) OSS 117 – Double Agent (1968)

Films by André Hunebelle

v t e Jean Bruce's OSS 117
Creator	Jean Bruce Josette Bruce
Films	OSS 117 Is Not Dead (1956) OSS 117 Is Unleashed (1963) Shadow of Evil (1964) OSS 117 Mission for a Killer (1965) Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1966) OSS 117 – Double Agent (1968) OSS 117 Takes a Vacation (1970) OSS 117 tue le taon (1971) OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009) OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)
Other	Five Ashore in Singapore (1967) The Viscount (1967)

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