''Berlin, Appointment for the Spies'' (

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

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film directed by

Vittorio Sala Vittorio Sala (1918–1996) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.Capua p.195 Selected filmography * ''A Woman Alone (1956 film), A Woman Alone'' (1956) * ''Wild Cats on the Beach'' (1959) * ''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' (1960) * ''I D ...

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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ed with ''

Secret Agent Fireball ''Le spie uccidono a Beirut'' (literally, ''The Spies kill in Beirut'', also titled ''Da 077 : le spie uccidono a Beirut'', i.e. ''Message from 077 : the spies kill in Beirut'') is a 1965 Italian/ French international co-production spy film perta ...

''.

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

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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

Brett Halsey Brett Halsey (born Charles Oliver Hand; June 20, 1933) is an American film actor, sometimes credited as Montgomery Ford. He appeared in B pictures and in European-made feature films. He originated the role of John Abbott on the soap opera ''T ...

as Bert Morris *

Pier Angeli Anna Maria Pierangeli (19 June 193210 September 1971), known internationally by the stage name Pier Angeli, was an Italian actress, model and singer. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her debut role in the 1950 film '' Tomorrow ...

as Paula Krauss *

as Col. Lancaster *

Gastone Moschin Gastone Moschin (; 8 June 1929 – 4 September 2017) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Career Born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (Veneto), Moschin graduated from the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and then began ...

as Boris * Tania Béryl as Madeleine * George Wang as Ming *

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as Karalis *

Marco Guglielmi Marco Guglielmi (6 October 1926 – 28 December 2005) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and author. Life and career Born Augusto Guglielmi in Sanremo, he graduated from ragioneria, then he enrolled at the university in the faculty of econom ...

as Kurt *

Renato Baldini Renato Baldini (18 December 1921 – 5 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 87 films between 1950 and 1983. He was born in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''It's Forever Springtime'' (1950) - Un carabiniere al processo ...

as Belkeir * Mario Valdemarin as Willie *

Luciana Angiolillo Luciana Angiolillo (22 December 1925 – 30 November 2014) was an Italian actress and model, known for her career in peplum classic films. Life and career Born Luciana Nevi in Rome, Angiolillo started her career as a runway model. She made h ...

as Miss Hopkins *

Luciano Pigozzi Luciano Pigozzi, also known professionally as Alan Collins (10 January 1927 – 14 June 2008), was an Italian character actor. A long-time staple of Italian genre cinema, Pigozzi was noted for his resemblance to Peter Lorre and appeared in such ...

as Leonida *

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as Dr. Van Dongen * Massimo Righi as Lavies * Franco Beltramme as Serghey

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