The Reluctant Spy
| The Reluctant Spy | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Charles Dudrumet |
| Produced by | Films de la Licorne, Italgamma |
| Written by |
Michel Cousin Jean-Charles Dudrumet |
| Starring |
Jean Marais Geneviève Page |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
Release date | 4 September 1963 (France) |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | France, Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 1,803,068 admissions (France)[1] |
The Reluctant Spy (French: L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret, Italian: Spionaggio senza frontiere, also known as How to Be a Spy Without Even Trying) is a French-Italian spy-comedy film from 1963, directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, written by Michel Cousin, starring Jean Marais and Geneviève Page.[2][3]
It is a parody of espionage films.[2] It was followed by sequel Pleins feux sur Stanislas.[2]
Plot
Stanislas Dubois is a businessman who dresses according to contemporary standards. When he meets a woman on a date in a restaurant, he's clad in a coat. Upon leaving he confuses a similar coat with his own one. Following this mix-up he becomes increasingly aware that he's got meanwhile something about him which attracts peculiar people. Hidden in his new coat is a microfilm which interests more than one secret service. Once he's already drawn into the world of international espionage, a secret service of his own country hires him to lure enemy spies into a trap, hereby serving as bait.
Cast
- Jean Marais (Stanislas Evariste Dubois, director of an advertising agency)
- Geneviève Page (Ursula Keller, museum guide)
- Noël Roquevert (Inspector Mouton)
- Gaia Germani (Andrea, the female spokesman)
- Maurice Teynac (Alfred Thirios, the trafficker)
- Jean Galland (Colonel Derblay, press relations officer)
- Christian Marin (Lecanut, the secretary of Inspector Mouton)
- Mathilde Casadessus (Maria Linas, the diva)
- Marcelle Arnold (Miss Morin, the secretary of Stanislas)
- Hélène Dieudonné (grandmother of Stanislas)
- Germaine Dermoz (mother of Stanislas)
- Yvonne Clech (the lady on the train)
- Louis Arbessier (the museum director)
- Robert Rollis (mailman)
- Pierre Tornade (inspector)
References
- ↑ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
- 1 2 3 Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 9788876381874.
- ↑ L’Honorable Stanislas, agent secret (1963) at the Films de France
External links
- The Reluctant Spy on IMDb
- L’Honorable Stanislas, agent secret (1963) at the Films de France