To Catch a Spy (1957)

To Catch a Spy (1957)

Release Date: 1957, March 15
Directors: Maurice Labro
Countries: France
Production: Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont, Cinéphonic, Cinéphonic, Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC), Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC)
Cast: Jacques Dacqmine, Lino Ventura, Raoul Billerey, Jess Hahn, André Weber, Nicole Maurey, Louis Arbessier, Barbara Laage, Harald Wolff, Henri Guégan, Jacques Mancier, Corrado Guarducci

Overview:

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…