To Catch a Spy

To Catch a Spy

Action | March 15, 1957

The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money. Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook. With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered…

To Catch a Spy

Action | March 15, 1957

To Catch a Spy
The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money. Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook. With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered…
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Cinéphonic, La Société Française de Cinematographie, Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Original title Action Immédiate
Directors Maurice Labro
Writers

Cast

Henri Vidal

as Francis Coplan

Barbara Laage

as Hiedi Effen

Jacques Dacqmine

as Walder

Nicole Maurey

as Diana Rossi

Lino Ventura

as Bérès

Margaret Rung

as Sylvia

Jess Hahn

as Kalpannen

Harald Wolff

as Lindbaum

Louis Arbessier

as Colonel

Corrado Guarducci

as Dr. Serutti

Raoul Billerey

as Fondane

Lanciers

as Karl

Leritz

as Gregory

Jacques Mancier

as Engineer

André Weber

as Friedi Fulger, photographer

Henri Guégan

as Herst