''Nathalie, Secret Agent'' (French: ''Nathalie, agent secret'' US: ''Atomic Agent'') is a 1959 French-Italian

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directed by

Henri Decoin Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...

and starring

Martine Carol Martine Carol (born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer; 16 May 1920 – 6 February 1967) was a French film actress. Career Born Maryse Mourer (or Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer) in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, (France), she studied acting und ...

Félix Marten Félix Marten (1919–1992) was a German-born French film actor. He was born in Remagen to a Finnish father, and his family fled Germany following the Nazi takeover. He is one of a number of actors to play Leslie Charteris's character Simon Templa ...

and

Darío Moreno David Arugete (3 April 1921 – 1 December 1968), commonly known under his stage name Darío Moreno, was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, an accomplished composer, lyricist, and guitarist. He attained fame and made a remarkable career centred ...

.Goble p.306 It is a sequel to the 1957 film ''

Nathalie Nathalie is a female given name. It is a variant of the name Natalie/ Natalia which is found in many languages, and is especially common in French and English speaking countries. Notable people with the name include: * Nathalie, Italian singer * ...

'' starring Carol in the title role with

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also reprising her role as Pivoine. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

After her friend falls in love with an

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ian

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Nathalie attends a demonstration at the top secret factory at which he works. She is then arrested by the security services who believe she is working as a

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for a foreign power. Escaping she enlists the help of a friendly police officer and sets out to trap the real spies.

Cast

as Nathalie Princesse *

as Jacques Fabre *

as Docteur Alberto / Don José *

Noël Roquevert Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...

as Pierre Darbon *

Howard Vernon Howard Vernon (15 July 1908 – 25 July 1996) was a Swiss actor. In 1961, he became a favorite actor of Spanish film director Jesús Franco and began starring in many low-budget horror and erotic films produced in Spain and France. After po ...

as William Dantoren * Jacques Berthier as Jean Darbon *

André Versini André Versini (1923–1966) was a French film actor and screenwriter.Hayward p.404 He also directed a couple of films. Selected filmography * ''Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) * ''No Pity for Women'' (1950) * '' Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman' ...

as François Pellec *

as Pivoine *

Guy Decomble Guy Decomble (1910–1964) was a French film and television actor. A character actor he played in a number of supporting parts in postwar cinema. One of his better known roles is as the teacher in ''The 400 Blows'' by François Truffaut.Paietta p ...

as Pageot *

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as La vendeuse de cigarettes

References

Bibliography

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1959 films French spy comedy films Italian spy comedy films 1950s spy comedy films 1959 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Henri Decoin Films based on French novels French sequel films Films shot at Billancourt Studios 1950s French films 1950s Italian films Films scored by Georges Van Parys {{1950s-France-film-stub