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Release Date:
July 29, 1966
Original Title:
L'affare Beckett
Alternate Titles:
Affäre Beckett
Genres:
Crime | Thriller
Production Companies:
Compagnie Européenne de Cinematographie
Fono Roma
Wonder Films
Production Countries:
France | Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 84
Rod Cooper, an American agent of the CIA, is sent to Paris to discover if colonel Segura, head of a clandestine organization which proclaims itself anti-Castroist, is playing a double game at the expense of the United States. He first tries to make contact with Ms Beckett, who should tell him. Segura's intentíons, but the woman is found killed. Subsequently, Rogerson, another American, presents Cooper to Segura himself and so Rod can enter his organization. Here he discovers that the colonel tries to attract a certain number of Americans to use them in an attack against the president of a state of southern America and thus promote communist expansion. Segura soon discovers Rod's real identity and tries to get rid of him; but the agent manages to reverse the situation and kills Segura in a shoot-out.
Camera Operator:
Walter Civirani
Cinematography:
Osvaldo Civirani
Costume Design:
Antonio Randaccio
Director:
Osvaldo Civirani
Editor:
Gianmaria Messeri
Music:
Nora Orlandi
Producer:
Osvaldo Civirani
Production Manager:
Umberto Chinigo
Production Supervisor:
Enrico Bologna
Screenplay:
Roberto Gianviti
Set Decoration:
Paola Mugnai
Story:
Roberto Gianviti
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