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: ''Berlino - Appuntamento per le spie'') is a 1965

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film directed by

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and starring

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. The film is also known as ''Bang You're Dead''. It was retitled ''Spy in Your Eye'' for

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' American release where it was

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Plot

Secret Agent Bert Morris is sent by his superior Colonel Lancaster on a dangerous mission. He must parachute into

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to rescue Paula Krauss, the daughter of a now deceased scientist who had successfully developed a

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and it is believed that Paula has his knowledge of how to create the device. In addition to Morris being up against the Soviets and East Germans, the Red Chinese have entered East Germany to bring back Paula and her knowledge to their homeland. After seeing off Morris, Colonel Lancaster goes to a clinic to get a state of the art

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implanted into his nerves so Lancaster can move the prosthetic eye in a similar fashion to his good eye. What Lancaster doesn't know is that the clinic is run by Communist agents. They have placed a miniature camera into the prosthetic eye that will act like a television camera allowing the Soviets to see what the intelligence chief Colonel Lancaster can see.

Cast

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as Bert Morris * Pier Angeli as Paula Krauss *

as Col. Lancaster *

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as Boris *

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as Madeleine * George Wang as Ming *

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as Karalis *

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as Kurt *

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as Belkeir *

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as Willie *

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as Miss Hopkins *

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as Leonida *

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as Dr. Van Dongen *

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as Lavies *

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as Serghey

External links

* 1965 films 1960s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1960s spy drama films American International Pictures films Italian spy drama films Films set in Berlin Films set in East Germany Films directed by Vittorio Sala 1965 drama films Cold War spy films Parody films based on James Bond films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub