''Hot Line'' (US title: ''The Day the Hot Line Got Hot'', french: Le Rouble à deux faces or ) is a 1967
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international co-production
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comedy
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spy thriller
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directed by
Etienne Périer and starring
Robert Taylor in his final feature film and
Charles Boyer
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.
[Blake, Deal] It was released in the US by
American International Pictures
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Plot
An American and Russian agent find themselves duped by a double agent who works for both of them. Also involved are a naive IBM computer operator and the telephone operator at the hot-line center in Stockholm.
Cast
* Charles Boyer as Vostov,
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
head
* Robert Taylor as Anderson,
CIA chief
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George Chakiris
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as Eric Ericson, Computer Expert with
IBM
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Marie Dubois
Marie Dubois (born Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé; 12 January 1937 – 15 October 2014) was a Parisian-born French actress.
Career
She studied at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and made her film debut in 1959, first gaining notice the next ...
as Natasha
* Gérard Tichy as Truman
* Marta Grau as Old Lady
* Irene D'Astrea as Old Lady
* Josefina Tapias as Old Lady
* Maurice de Canonge as Director of Hotel
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Gustavo Re
Gustavo Re (7 April 1908 – 5 June 1979) was a Spanish television presenter and actor.
Biography
On 10 October 1961 it was aired on TVE ''Amigos del martes'', hosted by Artur Kaps, Franz Johan and Gustavo Re. They found a theater company named ...
as Police Chief
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Ilya Salkind
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as himself
Bibliography
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1978 films
1960s spy comedy films
Films directed by Étienne Périer
French spy comedy films
American International Pictures films
English-language French films
Films about telephony
1967 comedy films
1967 films
1970s English-language films
1960s English-language films
1960s French films
1970s French films
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