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Black Box Affair (1969)

Black Box Affair poster
Original title
Black box affair: Il mondo trema
Directed by
Marcello Ciorciolini
Genre
spy film
Country
Italy, Spain
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An American secret agent teams up with a Soviet spy to stop a mysterious enemy from using a secret weapon. Their uneasy alliance mixes action with low-stakes comedy.

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What happens

Black Box Affair (Italian: Black Box Affair - Il mondo trema, Spanish: Amenaza black box) is a 1966 Italian-Spanish Eurospy film written and directed by Marcello Ciorciolini and starring Craig Hill (at his only spy film) and Teresa Gimpera. Hill first met Gimpera in this film, and the couple got married shortly later. It is one of the rare films of the time depicting an alliance between Soviets and Americans to face a higher menace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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