Les Espions ("The Spies") is a 1957 French-Italian noir mystery film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov O. E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe, Paul Carpenter, Véra Clouzot, Martita Hunt and Gérard Séty. The music was composed by Georges Auric.

Les Espions
Directed byHenri-Georges Clouzot
Written byHenri-Georges Clouzot
Jerome Geronimi
(adaptation dialogue)
Based ond'après le roman de
Egon Hostovsky
"Le Vertige de minuit"
Produced byGeorges Lourau
Henri-Georges Clouzot
StarringCurd Jürgens
Peter Ustinov
O. E. Hasse
Sam Jaffe
Paul Carpenter
Véra Clouzot
Martita Hunt
Gerard Sety
CinematographyChristian Matras
Edited byMadeleine Gug
Music byGeorges Auric
Production
companies
  • Filmsonor
  • Vera Films
  • Pretoria Film
Distributed byCinédis
Release date
  • 11 October 1957 (1957-10-11) (Paris)
Running time
126 minutes
Countries

It was shot at the Saint-Maurice in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.

Plot

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The plot concerns a doctor at a rundown psychiatric hospital who is offered a million francs to shelter a new patient. Soon, the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.

Cast

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