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Topaz is not only most entertaining. It is, like so many Hitchcock films, a cautionary fable by one of the most moral cynics of our time.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Topaz
Hitchcock takes you behind the actual headlines to expose the most explosive spy scandal of this century!
1969 · 2h 7m · M/PG
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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Topaz
Overview
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- Frederick Stafford as André Devereaux
- Dany Robin as Nicole Devereaux
- John Vernon as Rico Parra
- Karin Dor as Juanita de Córdoba
- Michel Piccoli as Jacques Granville
- Philippe Noiret as Henri Jarre
- Claude Jade as Michèle Picard
- Michel Subor as François Picard
- John Forsythe as Michael Nordstrom
- Per-Axel Arosenius Cast
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