Operation C.I.A.

Operation C.I.A.

Original film poster
Directed by Christian Nyby
Produced by Peer J. Oppenheimer
Written by Bill S. Ballinger
Peer J. Oppenheimer
Starring Burt Reynolds
Danielle Aubry
John Hoyt
Kieu Chinh
Vic Diaz
Marsh Thomson
Music by Paul Dunlap
Cinematography Richard Moore
Edited by Joseph Gluck
George Watters
Distributed by Allied Artists
Release date
  • September 8, 1965 (1965-09-08)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $70,000[1]

Operation C.I.A. is a 1965 black-and-white spy film directed by Christian Nyby and stars Burt Reynolds.

Premise

Secret Agent Mark Andrews arrives for Saigon to prevent the assassination of the American Ambassador.[2]

Cast

Burt Reynolds as Mark Andrews C.I.A

John Hoyt as Wells

Kieu Chinh as Kim-Chinh

Danielle Aubry as Denise

Cyril Collick as Withers

William Catching as Frank Decker

Vic Diaz as Professor Yen

Marsh Thomson as Stacey


Production

The film was originally titled Last Message from Saigon with an announcement made in 1964 it would be filmed in Saigon, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Allied Artists filmed A Yank in Viet-Nam on actual South Vietnamese locations, but the security situation had deteriorated to such an extent that the safety of the filmmakers could not be guaranteed.[3]

"I got to fight a boa constrictor and he gave the best performance in the movie," said Reynolds.[4]

Operation C.I.A. was referenced in the Archer episode "The Man from Jupiter", in which Reynolds makes a guest appearance as himself. Sterling Archer claims the film inspired him to become a secret agent, to which Reynolds replies "that film was god-awful."

See also

References

  1. ↑ BURT PRELUTSKY: Two Centerfolds Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 24 Dec 1972: k14
  2. ↑ Devine, Jeremy M.Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: University of Texas Press, p. 22
  3. ↑ Foley, James. "FatFreeFilm 79 – Peer Oppenheimer". Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  4. ↑ BURT PRELUTSKY: Two Centerfolds Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 24 Dec 1972: k14
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