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Movie · 1957

To Catch a Spy

Released 15 March 1957 More from 1957 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money. Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook. With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered…

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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
7years between the oldest and youngest billed
37Lino Ventura — oldest on the call sheet
30Henri Guégan — youngest billed
33average age of the credited cast
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