''Last Plane to Baalbek'' (also known as ''Operation Baalbeck'') is a 1964

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directed by

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and

Hugo Fregonese Hugo Geronimo Fregonese (April 8, 1908 in Mendoza – January 11, 1987 in Tigre) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter who worked both in Hollywood and his home country.''Cine Nacional''Hugo Fregonese filmographyCinenacional.com ...

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'', Editions 161-176, 1965. It is a coproduction between Italy (where the film is known as ''F.B.I. operazione Baalbeck'' or ''La moneta spezzata''), France (where it was released as ''Dernier avion pour Baalbeck'') and Lebanon.

Cast

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as Isabel Moore *

Jacques Sernas Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas (30 July 1925 – 3 July 2015), commonly known as Jacques Sernas and sometimes credited as Jack Sernas, was a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career. Biography He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, ...

as Nicholas 'Nick' Mann *

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as Prince Makowski *

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as John Volpi *

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as Pagani *

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as Asia *

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as the Singer

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* 1964 films 1960s spy films 1960s adventure films Italian spy films French spy films Films directed by Hugo Fregonese Lebanese drama films French aviation films English-language French films English-language Italian films Italian aviation films 1960s French films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-France-film-stub