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The Venetian Affair (1966)

The Venetian Affair poster
Directed by
Jerry Thorpe
Genre
spy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American spy is sent to Venice to investigate a bombing and gets caught up in a web of international espionage. He follows a trail involving secret documents and a mysterious woman.

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What happens

The Venetian Affair is a 1967 spy film starring Robert Vaughn and Elke Sommer. Directed by Jerry Thorpe, it is based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Helen MacInnes. E. Jack Neuman was both producer and screenwriter. The picture was made by MGM for theatrical release, and is not one of the ersatz features edited from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episodes originally produced by MGM Television during the same period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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