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''Last Plane to Baalbek'' (also known as ''Operation Baalbeck'') is a 1964 Eurospy film directed by
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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 filmography Cinenacional.com ...
.'' Cahiers du cinéma'', 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.


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Rossana Podestà Rossana Podestà (born Carla Dora Podestà; 20 June 1934 – 10 December 2013) was an Italian actress who worked mainly in Italy from the 1950s to the 1970s. Biography Podestà was born in Tripoli in the Italian colony of Libya. She spent her f ...
as Isabel Moore *
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as Nicholas 'Nick' Mann *
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as Prince Makowski *
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as John Volpi * Leopoldo Trieste 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