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Hitchcock for the Holidays

Topaz

2h 5m

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock • 1969 • United States
Starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon

Adapted from the bestselling novel by Leon Uris, Alfred Hitchcock’s taut Cold War thriller centers on a French spy (Frederick Stafford) and a CIA agent (John Forsythe) who join forces in order to expose an international espionage ring passing NATO secrets to the Soviet Union. Among the director’s most realistic and intricately plotted films, TOPAZ features an international ensemble cast that includes Truffaut regular Claude Jade, Michel Piccoli, and Philippe Noiret.

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