Hot Line (film)
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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) |
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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.[1] 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
- Le rouble à deux faces at the British Film Institute[better source needed]