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The Spy Killer (1969)

The Spy Killer poster
Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A television film where a British intelligence operative is drawn into a deadly game of espionage. He must navigate a web of deceit and danger to uncover a Soviet plot.

suspensefulfast-pacedintriguingdatedlightmelodramaticstraightforward

What happens

The Spy Killer is a 1969 American action thriller drama spy television film originally aired on ABC and directed by Roy Ward Baker. Its teleplay, written by Jimmy Sangster, was based on his own 1967 novel private i. The film starred Robert Horton, Sebastian Cabot, and Jill St. John. In the following year, a sequel titled Foreign Exchange was released with the same main cast and crew. Both novels were reprinted by Brash Books in September 2019 in ebook, paperback and audio editions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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