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Covert Action

6.019781h 40mRMovieCrimeAction

Janssen 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,…

DirectorRomolo Guerrieri
WritersRomolo Guerrieri·Vittorio Schiraldi
ProducersGiuseppe Tortorella·Gianbattista Milesi

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Cast · Directed by Romolo Guerrieri

DJDavid Janssen
David Janssen
Lester Horton
AKArthur Kennedy
Arthur Kennedy
CIA Chief of Station, Athens
MMMaurizio Merli
Maurizio Merli
John Florio
CCCorinne Cléry
Corinne Cléry
Anne Florio
IRIvan Rassimov
Ivan Rassimov
The Silent
GSGiacomo Rossi Stuart
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Grant
PLPhilippe Leroy
Philippe Leroy
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