

To Skin a Spy
1966-08-24 · 90 min · ★ 5.8
A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak in this routine spy saga. He is caught in the crossfire of international enemy agents trying to eliminate the French.
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- Directors
- Jacques Deray
- Production companies
- Les Films de Montfort, Arca-Filmproduktion, Fida Cinematografica
- Countries
- Germany, France, Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Lino VenturaPascal Fabre
Jean BouiseMargery, dit « le boiteux »
Marilù ToloAnna
Adrian HovenKern
Charles RegnierErfuhrt
Ellen BahlIngrid Kern
Wolfgang PreissChalieff
Jean ServaisWeigelt
Louis Arbessierle Colonel
Mino DoroMan with Chalieff
Paul PavelKiller
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