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The Serpent is a french film of genre Drama directed by Henri Verneuil released in USA on 1 november 1973 with Yul Brynner

The Serpent (1973)

Night Flight from Moscow

The Serpent
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Released in USA 1 november 1973
Length 2h4
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Spy
Themes Spy films,    Radio,    Political films
Rating61% 3.099143.099143.099143.099143.09914

Night Flight from Moscow (also known as Le Serpent) is a French thriller made in 1973. It was produced and directed by Henri Verneuil. The score was written by Ennio Morricone.

Synopsis

Aleksey Teodorovic Vlassov (Yul Brynner) is a high ranking KGB official who defects while in France. He has with him highly-classified information as part of a deal with Western intelligence for his arrival in the United States. The debriefing is held at Langley by DCI Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) and MI6 representative Philip Boyle (Dirk Bogarde). Vlassov hands off a list of enemy agents in Western Europe including a deep penetration into NATO. Davies wants to begin operations to arrest the agents; however, those on the list suddenly begin to die off. The CIA also has suspicions over the authenticity of Vlassov's claims. The CIA discovers that a defection photo of Vlassov was taken in the Soviet Union, not in Turkey, judging from the contours of Mt. Ararat in the background. Vlassov also fails a lie detector test after he angrily protests about sexual related questions asked by the CIA during the test.

Actors

Yul Brynner

(Col. Alexi Vlassov)
Henry Fonda

(Alan Davies)
Jean Desailly

(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Dirk Bogarde

(Philip Boyle)
Philippe Noiret

(Lucien Berthon)
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