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With Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu. An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Raoul Lévy
- 1966-11-16
The Defector is a 1966 thriller film starring Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Roddy McDowall and Macha Méril. It was directed and co-written by Belgian director/producer Raoul Lévy and based on the 1965 novel L'espion (The Spy) by Paul Thomas.
THE DEFECTOR is, overall, an intelligent - if not showy - film, and although not terribly remarkable otherwise, definitely worthwhile for any Montgomery Clift devotee. 11 out of 11 found this helpful.
A U.S. scientist (Montgomery Clift) spies for a CIA agent (Roddy McDowall) in East Germany; a Soviet agent (Hardy Kruger) tries to get him to defect.
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- Raoul Lévy
- Mystery & Thriller
- Montgomery Clift
An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
- Raoul Lévy
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Ruth Batchelor Los Angeles Free Press. The film may be outdated now, but it's worth seeing Clift at the end of his career. Full Review |...
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Dec 31, 1965 11:00pm PT. The Defector. The last motion picture made by Montgomery Clift prior to his death, Defector provides a part that allows him to substitute action of body and...
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