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Directed by
  
Romolo Guerrieri

Music by
  
Stelvio Cipriani

Release date
  
1978 (1978)

Director
  
Romolo Guerrieri

Cinematography
  
Erico Menczer

5.9/10
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Produced by
  
Mihalis Lefakis

Edited by
  
Antonio Siciliano

Initial release
  
10 August 1978

Music director
  
Stelvio Cipriani


Starring
  
David Janssen Arthur Kennedy Corinne Cléry

Written by
  
Romolo Guerrieri, Mino Roli, Vittorio Schiraldi

Cast
  
Corinne Cléry, David Janssen, Arthur Kennedy, Faidon Georgitsis

Similar
  
David Janssen movies, Movies about the CIA, Spy movies

Covert action 1978 full movie


Covert Action (originally released as Sono Stato un Agente C.I.A.) is a 1978 Italian/Greek co-production Eurospy film starring the American actor David Janssen.

Contents

The plot was based on the experiences of former CIA agent Philip Agee who initiated a lawsuit with the producers over his fees and expenses.

The cia then and now espionage and covert action from the cold war to the war on terror


Plot

A former CIA agent decides to write about his CIA career that leads him into danger.

Production

The original female lead Catherine Bach dropped out and was replaced with Corinne Cléry. Due to a then new Italian ordinance that prohibited the firing of firearms in Italian movies, gunfire scenes were filmed in Greece.

Cast

  • David Janssen ... Lester Horton
  • Arthur Kennedy ... CIA Chief of Station, Athens
  • Maurizio Merli ... John Florio
  • Corinne Cléry ... Anne Florio
  • Philippe Leroy ... Greek Inspector
  • Ivan Rassimov ... The Silent
  • Giacomo Rossi-Stuart ... Grant
  • References

    Covert Action (film) Wikipedia