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The Defector
Directed by
Raoul Lévy
Not Rated
1966
1h 40m
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5.7
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An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
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Cast of The Defector
Montgomery Clift
Professor James Bower / Writer
Hardy Krüger
Counselor Peter Heinzmann
Macha Méril
Frieda Hoffmann
David Opatoshu
Orlovsky
Christine Delaroche
Ingrid Weiß
Hannes Messemer
Dr. Saltzer
Karl Lieffen
Major Windisch
Uta Levka
Mädchen unter der Dusche
Roddy McDowall
Agent Adams
Johannes Buzalski
Agent (uncredited)
Eckart Dux
Professor James Bower (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard
Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)
Eduard Linkers
Fluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited)
Franz Rudnick
Dr. Saltzer (voice) (uncredited)
Rolf Zacher
Tommy (uncredited)
Raoul Lévy
Director / Producer
Peter Francke
Writer
The Defector Ratings & Reviews
Los Angeles Free Press
Ruth Batchelor
The film may be outdated now, but it's worth seeing Clift at the end of his career.
Cleveland Press
Tony Mastroianni
There is more than one twist at the end of this movie and one particularly subtle and surprising one at the very end. Watch for it.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The last film from the pale looking Montgomery Clift.
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