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SPYS (1974)

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Film details

Featuring

Elliott Gould Donald Sutherland Zouzou
Countries

United Kingdom USA
Year

1974
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Wet Stuff Alternative

Synopsis

Griff and Brulard are CIA agents in Paris, assigned to supervise the defection of a Soviet gymnast. The CIA counters KGB's threat of reprisals by offering to sacrifice two of their agents - Griff and Brulard but the two agents decide to trade information with the Russians for money.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Douglas "Griff" Griffin
    
    Elliott Gould
  - Eric Brulard
    
    Donald Sutherland
  - Sybil
    
    Zouzou
  - Martinson
    
    Joss Ackland
  - Lippet
    
    Kenneth Griffith
  - Borisenko
    
    Vladek Sheybal
  - Grubov
    
    Kenneth J. Warren
  - Yuri
    
    Yuri Borisenko
  - Sevitsky
    
    Michael Petrovich
  - Gaspar
    
    Pierre Oudry
  - Lafayette
    
    Jacques Marin
  - Hessler
    
    Shane Rimmer
  - Paul
    
    Xavier Gélin
  - Russian Coach
    
    George Pravda
  - KGB Agent
    
    Alf Joint
  - Toy Ling
    
    Andy Ho
  - Ellie
    
    Melanie Ackland
  - Alan
    
    James Woolley
  - Priest
    
    Michael Anthony
  - Vet
    
    Robert Cawdron
  - King of Swobodia
    
    Raf De La Torre
  - Clerk
    
    André Charise
  - Evans
    
    John Bardon
  - Head Waiter
    
    Norman Atkyns
  - Seely
    
    Jeffrey Wickham
  - Croft
    
    Nigel Hawthorne
  - Lippet's Bodyguard
    
    Larry Taylor
  - Russian-speaking Lady
    
    Marian Desmond
  - KGB Agent
    
    Phillip Ross
  - Prostitute
    
    Hella Petri
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Irvin Kershner
  - Production Company
    
    Dymphana Film & Theatre Productions
  - Production Company
    
    Chartoff-Winkler Productions
  - Production Company
    
    American Film Properties
  - Producer
    
    Irwin Winkler
  - Producer
    
    Robert Chartoff
  - Associate Producer
    
    Edward Joseph
  - Production Manager
    
    Hugh Harlow
  - Assistant Director
    
    Anthony Waye
  - Script
    
    Malcolm Marmorstein
  - Script
    
    Lawrence J. Cohen
  - Script
    
    Fred Freeman
  - Photography
    
    Gerry Fisher
  - Special Effects
    
    Thomas Clark
  - Editor
    
    Keith Palmer
  - Production Designer
    
    Michael Seymour
  - Art Director
    
    Richard Rambaut
  - Set Decorator
    
    Harry Cordwell
  - Music composed and conducted
    
    John Scott
  - Sound Recording
    
    Bill Daniels
  - Sound Recording
    
    Doug Turner
  - Sound Editor
    
    Wally Nelson
  - Sound Editor
    
    Alan Bell
  - Car chase
    
    Rémy Julienne

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