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Secret Agent, starring the likes of Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, and Robert Young, remains a pop quiz question in the making after Hitchcock handed the great Sir Michael Redgrave a brief and uncredited appearance, cementing the foundations for a brilliant career. Not only do the agents discover that the Soviet’s suspicions are valid, but they also find out that a French spy ring known as ‘Topaz’ is working with the Russians to uncover NATO secrets.” CIA agent Michael Nordstrom (John Forsythe) enlists the help of French spy André Devereaux (Frédérick Stafford) to find out if the official’s claims are true. Official Film Synopsis: “When a Soviet official defects to the United States, he brings with him claims that Russia is using Cuba as a staging ground for nuclear missiles.

Topaz, a film which struggled at the box office upon release, is based on the 1967 Cold War novel by Leon Uris and explores the story of a French intelligence agent who is stuck amid a Cold War politics wrangle.įamously starring the likes of Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor, Claude Jade, Hitchcock was delighted in the casting in this project: “Jade is a rather quiet young lady,” he later said, “but I wouldn’t guarantee about her behaviour in a taxi.” From comedy to espionage thriller in one quick swoop.