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The Reluctant Spy is a film of genre Comedy directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet with Jean Marais
The Reluctant Spy (1963)
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Add to a movie listThe Reluctant Spy (French: L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret, Italian: Spionaggio senza frontiere, also known as How to Be a Spy Without Even Trying) is a French-Italian spy-comedy film from 1963, directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, written by Michel Cousin, starring Jean Marais and Geneviève Page.
It is a parody of espionage films. It was followed by sequel Pleins feux sur Stanislas.
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Stanislas Dubois is a businessman who dresses according to contemporary standards. When he meets a woman on a date in a restaurant, he's clad in a coat. Upon leaving he confuses a similar coat with his own one. Following this mix-up he becomes increasingly aware that he's got meanwhile something about him which attracts peculiar people. Hidden in his new coat is a microfilm which interests more than one secret service. Once he's already drawn into the world of international espionage, a secret service of his own country hires him to lure enemy spies into a trap, hereby serving as bait.Actors
Jean Marais
(Stanislas)
Geneviève Page
(Ursula Keller)
Noël Roquevert
(Commissioner Mouton)
Gaia Germani
(Andrea)
Maurice Teynac
(Alfred Thirios)
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