Description:A double agent has to contend with enemies on both sides of the political fence as well as the woman he loves in this thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Prof. Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman) is an gifted American physicist who, at the height of the Cold War, decides to defect to East Germany. To his surprise, his fiancée, fellow A double agent has to contend with enemies on both sides of the political fence as well as the woman he loves in this thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Prof. Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman) is an gifted American physicist who, at the height of the Cold War, decides to defect to East Germany. To his surprise, his fiancée, fellow scientist Sarah Sherman (Julie Andrews) follows him, and she soon discovers Armstrong is no traitor, but acting as a secret undercover agent. As Armstrong attempts to ingratiate himself with political and scientific factions in East Germany, Gromek (Wolfgang Kieling) becomes his guide, though Armstrong is aware he's a government agent assigned to trail him, and as he tries to shake Gromek, Armstrong realizes his new "friend" knows what his real agenda happens to be. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide... (more)(less)
"February 9th: Suspense Saturday!
1st viewing: Watched on DirecTV (Movie saved on DVR)
My fourth Hitchcock film for February. I thought it was very entertaining and it kept my attention throughout. There were some intense scenes that heightened the level of suspense in classic Hitchcock style."
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Plot: An American scientist publicly defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the solution for a formula resin and then figuring out a plan to escape back to the West.
Genre: Mystery | Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Hansjörg Felmy
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Paul Newman and Julie Andrews seemed oddly mixed matched but they worked quite well together in this film. This is not one of Hitchcock's more praise worthy titles. Still, it was good timing to catch-up on one of the rare films of his that I haven't seen."
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