To Catch a Spy

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To Catch a Spy
Directed by	Dick Clement
Produced by	Pierre Braunberger Steven Pallos
Written by	Dick Clement Ian La Frenais George Marton (novel) Tibor Méray (novel)
Starring	Kirk Douglas Marlène Jobert Trevor Howard Tom Courtenay
Music by	Claude Bolling
Distributed by	J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Release dates	6 September 1971
Running time	94 minutes (UK)
Country	United Kingdom France United States
Language	English

To Catch a Spy is a 1971 comedy spy film directed by Dick Clement and starring Kirk Douglas, Marlène Jobert, Trevor Howard, Richard Pearson, Garfield Morgan, Angharad Rees and Robert Raglan. It was written by Clement and Ian La Frenais. It was a co-production between Britain, the United States and France, which was filmed in Bucharest, Romania. It was also part filmed on Loch Awe, Scotland, and featured Kirk Douglas running through a herd of Highland cattle which were owned by David Fellowes. It was also released as Catch Me a Spy.

Synopsis

A young British schoolteacher heads to the Eastern Bloc to try to locate her husband who has gone missing, and soon turns out to have been detained by Soviet intelligence as a spy.

Cast

• Kirk Douglas - Andrej
• Marlène Jobert - Fabienne
• Trevor Howard - Sir Trevor Dawson
• Tom Courtenay - Baxter Clarke
• Patrick Mower - James Fenton
• Bernadette Lafont - Simone
• Bernard Blier - Webb
• Sacha Pitoëff - Stefan
• Richard Pearson - Haldane
• Garfield Morgan - The Husband
• Angharad Rees - Victoria
• Isabel Dean - Celia
• Jean Gilpin - Ground Stewardess
• Robert Raglan - Ambassador

See also

• List of American films of 1971