Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.
Karlheinz Böhm
- Robert Wahl
- (as Karl Boehm)
Don Anderson
- Guard
- (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti
- The Nun
- (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
- Agent
- (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
- Scientist
- (uncredited)
George DeNormand
- Diplomat
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis movie was made and released about four years after its source novel of the same name by author Helen MacInnes was first published in 1963. This is the third of four screen adaptations of one of Macinnes' novels. The others are The Salzburg Connection (1972), Above Suspicion (1943) and Assignment in Brittany (1943).
- GoofsWhen Fenner talks to Vaugiroud out on the balcony Vaugiroud is feeding the pigeons, but none of the pigeons are eating.
- Quotes
Bill Fenner: Where are you from?
Claire Connor: Detroit.
Bill Fenner: That's right next to my hometown.
Claire Connor: Where's that?
Bill Fenner: San Francisco.
- ConnectionsReferenced in MGM 40th Anniversary (1964)
- SoundtracksOur Venetian Affair
Words by Hal Winn
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Sung by Julius LaRosa
[Played over the end credits]
Featured review
I had read the book before the movie was made.
Being in high school at the time my friends and I read all the spy novels we could get our hands on. I had read 'The Spy Who Came in From The Cold'. The book and movie were both first class. Then I read 'The Venitian Affair' and it was also top notch, a first class suspense novel with all the twists and turns, very dark. When they announced that Robert Vaunghn was going to play the lead we were ecstatic. Unfortunately, the movie, while not bad, just didn't live up to the billing. Why, well the book was almost 500 pages and the movie was 89 minutes. The movie skips a lot of details and worse, it tries to rush to fit as much as possible in. James Bond thrillers are non-stop action, but most realist spy movies are slower and paced, as is most real spying. It feels like they tried to do this on a budget and use TV pacing. Hiring Vaughn was probably due in part to his television background, thinking he would be more acceptable to this approach. He wasn't and it shows. Being a real actor with the chops to really shine in a great role, he must have been very disappointed when he got the final script. It lacked much of the character development and brooding pace. As I said, it's not a bad movie, just far short of it's potential. And, there is the classic line from the airport scene when he first lands in Veinna. Read the book after seeing the movie, it's a classic spy novel with tension that crackles.
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- kensolar
- Jan 25, 2014
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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