The Spies (1957, France)
Original title: Les espions
Running time: 120 minutes
Language: French
The Spies 1957 French mystery drama review
Doctor Malik runs a small psychiatric clinic in a suburban area. He finds it difficult to make a living out of it, but nevertheless he tries to offer the best form of treatment for his few patients. One day, some man approaches him in a bar with an intriguing offer. He introduces himself as an American intelligence agent, Colonel Howard, and offers Malik a small fortune for taking a patient into his clinic, but not actually a patient. He won’t know who the man is, all he has to do is keep him away from the eyes of other people for some time. Malik hesitates, but finally agrees and takes the money. Just like Howard predicted, once the mysterious man is locked in the clinic, strange people begin to turn up in Malik’s house. He begins to feel that he made a mistake in getting involved in some shady business, but by then it is already too late to back out of this plot.
French black and white thriller / mystery movie about an ordinary man caught in a spy world, where no one tells the whole truth. The plot is quite complexed and, at some points, even difficult to follow, but the atmosphere of a bit grim house and the feeling of uncertainty makes up for the shortcomings of the screenplay. The Spies is hardly a masterpiece, but it is intriguing enough to keep you watching until the end.
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Our rating |
5.6 / 10 |
Movie value |
6 / 10 |
Realism factor |
2 / 5 |
Adventure factor |
2 / 5 |
Story complexity |
4 / 5 |
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