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Night Flight from Moscow

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This is almost like a documentary in telling the story of the CIA taking a Russian defector to safety back in the 60s. It gives a good background on what the spy game was like then and an in depth look at the workings of the CIA at the time. This is not nail-biting action, but a good overall look at the spy business in a more intellectual study. I recommend it to those that enjoy spy novels the most and I think that even those that enjoy the James Bond action movies may find it interesting. Great performances by Yul Brynner and Henry Fonda.

Better than average Cold War "Spy vs. Spy" thriller....good cast and story line.......Caution...much of the background conversations are in foreign languages...French, Russian, etc....there are subtitles but don't expect all the dialog to be in English....otherwise it's a good flick..!!

The director could not make up his mind whether to make this movie like a feature film or a documentary; it switches back and forth and leaves one off balanced. The basic plot is that a Russian spy defects with the names of various Soviet moles in NATO. The question is whether he is lying or is he telling the truth. Then the whole focus changes to France, Germany and Britain and those men that have been mentioned by the defector. There are some boring parts, like when the film is being narrated as a documentary about the CIA, yet there are arresting scenes when the film begins to be like a feature film (I am deliberately not being specific in order not to spoil those scenes for the viewer).

I must say that I bought this movie because Yul Brynner was in it. In those scenes that he is in he is great but over all I think that the producer used the three big stars to draw people in . The script is weak and the movie could have been a lot better.

Those who complained that the movie is in French most likely never finished watching it. Ture there are conversations (<15%) that are in French, Russian or German, but you can simply set the subtitle and audio in English.

Excellent spy movie. Very well made.

Even if you select "English" for the voice track, the movie is 80% in FRENCH with English subtitles. Neither Yul Brynner nor Henry Fonda is the leading actor, as one might expect, but rather the actor most prominently appearing in the movie is a French Secret Service man played by Philippe Noiret. What English is not in subtitles, is dubbed in. This is a very poorly produced movie, made for a French audience, with only token support for English speakers, as you can expect from the French snobs.