Alfred Hitchcock hadn't made a spy thriller since the 1930s, so his 1969 adaptation of Leon Uris's bestseller Topaz seemed like a curious choice for the director. But Hitchcock makes Uris's story of the West's investigation into the Soviet Union's dealings with Cuba his own. Frederick Stafford plays a French intelligence agent who works with his American counterpart (John Forsythe) to break up a Soviet spy ring. The film is a bit flat dramatically and visually, and there are sequences that seem to occupy Hitchcock's attention more than others. A minor work all around,... with at least two alternative endings shot by Hitchcock. --Tom Keogh [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. John Forsythe stars as an American CIA agent who learns of Cuban missiles and a NATO spy by the code name of 'Topaz' from a defecting Russian. He enlists the aid of a French agent named Devereaux (Frederick Stafford), who helps him uncover the espionage, but leaves in his wake a trail of shaken governments, murder, betrayal and suicide... Actors Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, John Forsythe, Karin Dor, Roscoe Lee Browne, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Per-Axel Arosenius, Edmon Ryan, Sonja Kolthoff, John Forsythe, Roger Til & Alfred Hitchcock Director Alfred Hitchcock Certificate PG Year 1969 Screen Fullscreen 1.33:1 Anamorphic Languages English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hours and 16 minutes (approx)
Hitchcock spy thriller. CIA agent Michael Nordstrom (John Forsythe) learns from a Soviet defector that Russia has become embroiled in the Cuban missile crisis via a NATO spy codenamed Topaz. Enlisting the help of French agent Andre Devereaux (Frederick Stafford), Nordstrom attempts to discover the link, but his actions have disastrous international consequences.
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