Les Espions

Les Espions
Directed by	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Written by	Henri-Georges Clouzot Jerome Geronimi
Starring	Curd Jürgens Véra Clouzot Gerard Sety Sam Jaffe Peter Ustinov
Cinematography	Christian Matras
Music by	Georges Auric
Release date	1957
Countries	France Italy

Les Espions ("The Spies") is a 1957 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and written by Clouzot with Jerôme Géronim and Egon Hostovsky. The cast includes Gérard Séty, Peter Ustinov, Curd Jürgens, O.E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe, Martita Hunt and the director's wife, Véra Clouzot. The music was composed by Georges Auric.

Plot summary

The plot concerns a doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital, who is offered a large sum of money 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.

External links

• Les Espions at the Internet Movie Database
• Les Espions at AllMovie