Released
To Catch a Spy
March 15 1957 (almost 68 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Maurice Labro
- Genre: Action
- Runtime: 1 h 40 m
- Country: France
- Companies: Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont, Cinéphonic, Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC)
The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money. Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook. With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered…