Operation C.I.A.
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| Operation C.I.A. | |
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 Original film poster |
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| Directed by | Christian Nyby |
| Produced by | Peer J. Oppenheimer |
| Written by | Bill S. Ballinger Peer J. Oppenheimer |
| Starring | Burt Reynolds Danielle Aubry John Hoyt Kieu Chinh Vic Diaz Marshall Thompson |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
| Release date(s) | September 1965 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Operation C.I.A. is a 1965 black-and-white spy thriller set in Saigon but filmed in Bangkok. It is Burt Reynolds' first lead role. The screenplay is by author Bill S. Ballinger who was writing a series of spy thrillers at the time. Allied Artists had previously filmed their A Yank in Viet-Nam on actual South Vietnamese locations but by 1965 the security situation had deteriorated to such an extent that the safety of the film makers could not be guaranteed.[1] The film was originally titled Last Message from Saigon with an announcement made in 1964 it would be filmed in Saigon, Hong Kong and Bangkok.[2]
[edit] Plot
Secret Agent Mark Andrews is sent to Saigon where he prevents the assassination of the American Ambassador.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.fatfreefilm.com/2010/09/25/fatfreefilm-79-peer-oppenheimer-2/
- ^ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iZIOAQAAIAAJ&q=%22last+message+from+saigon%22&dq=%22last+message+from+saigon%22&hl=en&ei=IV3kTJ7KC4PCcd6HpYUM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCA
- ^ p.22 Devine, Jeremy M.Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: University of Texas Press
