| The Venetian Affair | |
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film poster by Frank McCarthy |
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| Directed by | Jerry Thorpe |
| Produced by | E. Jack Neuman Jerry Thorpe |
| Written by | E. Jack Neuman |
| Starring | Robert Vaughn Elke Sommer Boris Karloff Luciana Paluzzi |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1967 |
| Running time | 89 min |
The Venetian Affair is a 1967 spy film directed by Jerry Thorpe. It stars Robert Vaughn and Elke Sommer and is based on a novel by Helen MacInnes. It was shot in location at Venice, Italy.
A former CIA agent, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.
CIA chief Frank Rosenfeld specifically requests Fenner come out of retirement because one of the suspects in the case is Fenner's ex-wife, Sandra Fane, who is believed to be a Communist sympathizer. A secret report by Dr. Vaugiroud could be the key, but Fenner's and Fane's lives are greatly endangered, particularly at the hands of a mysterious man named Wahl, while trying to unravel the plot.
"The Venetian Affair" was released in America on region 1 DVD by Warner Archives on August 23, 2011. It is widescreen.