Covert Action

Name: Covert Action
Genre: Crime, Action
Released: 1978-03-03
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Cast: David Janssen, Arthur Kennedy, Maurizio Merli, Corinne Cléry, Ivan Rassimov

1978, Italian. Directed by Romolo Guerrieri.

Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip Agee was in the news at this time) and fiction spy novels. The CIA is on his case, in the person of Arthur Kennedy, CIA chief in Athens, where Janssen is staying. Janssen is pursuing a case that interests him, while dodging the traps set for him by Kennedy and trying to help Maurizio Merli, a former colleague with personal problems.

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Runtime: 1h 40m
Post-credits: None listed
Language: Italian
Rated: R

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Released: 3 March 1978
Original title: Sono stato un agente C.I.A.
Country: Italy
Written by: Vittorio Schiraldi, Nico Ducci, Romolo Guerrieri

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Covert Action (1978) was directed by Romolo Guerrieri and stars David Janssen, Arthur Kennedy, Maurizio Merli.