The Serpent
Le Serpent
Release: 1973-04-07
·Runtime: 113m
·★ 6.1
Thriller
Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies wants to take the listed agents into custody; meanwhile, those on the list start dying under mysterious circumstances.
Production Countries
Germany
France
Italy
Production Companies
Rialto Film
Les Films La Boétie
Euro International Films
Cast
Farley Granger
as Computer Programming Director
André Falcon
as French Diplomat
François Maistre
as inspecteur Joss
Eva Maria Meineke
as Mrs von Strelitz
Robert Party
as Debecourt
Nathalie Nerval
as Tatiana Vlassov
Philippe Noiret
as Lucien Berthon
William Sabatier
as Mercadier
Yul Brynner
as Col. Alexi Vlassov
Dirk Bogarde
as Philip Boyle
Robert Alda
as Polygraph interrogator
Michel Bouquet
as Tavel
Martin Held
as Lepke
Paola Pitagora
as Jeannine Santelli
Luigi Diberti
as Lefèvre
Jean Desailly
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
as Alan Davies
Virna Lisi
as Mrs. Annabel Lee
Guy Tréjan
as Deval
Marie Dubois
as Suzanne
Elga Andersen
as Kate Cross
Herbert Fux
as Gardener
Crew
Nadine Muse
Assistant Editor
Gilles Perrault
Screenplay
Jean-Pierre Eychenne
Makeup Artist
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Vincent Rossell
Still Photographer
Jacques Saulnier
Production Design
Henri Verneuil
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Pierre Gillette
Editor
Claude Renoir
Director of Photography