Covert Action
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7.0Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip Agee was in the news at this time) and fiction spy novels. The CIA is on his case, in the person of Arthur Kennedy, CIA chief in Athens, where Janssen is staying. Janssen is pursuing a case that interests him, while dodging the traps set for him by Kennedy and trying to help Maurizio Merli, a former colleague with personal problems.
Released: 1978-03-03100 minDir: Romolo GuerrieriCrime, Action
Cast
- David Janssen as Lester Horton
- Arthur Kennedy as CIA Chief of Station, Athens
- Maurizio Merli as John Florio
- Corinne Cléry as Anne Florio
- Ivan Rassimov as The Silent
- Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Grant
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Key dates
- Published
- 9 July 1982
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- spy film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Romolo Guerrieri
- Cast member
- Carla Romanelli
- Composer
- Stelvio Cipriani
- Cinematographer
- Erico Menczer
- Narrative location
- Greece
- Filming location
- Greece
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1970s spy action films1978 English-language films1978 films1978 Italian films1978 Italian-language filmsEnglish-language Greek filmsEnglish-language Italian filmsEnglish-language spy action filmsFilms about the Central Intelligence AgencyFilms directed by Romolo GuerrieriFilms scored by Stelvio CiprianiItalian spy action films