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The Silent One

Le Silencieux

19731h 57mDrama · Thriller
directed by Claude Pinoteau

“Hitchcock himself is finally rivalled.”

6.8 / 10 Compare with…18 stills

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6.9 / 10
1,127 votes

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Synopsis

Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?

Cast

Lino Ventura·Clément Tibère
Leo Genn·Chief of M.I.5
Suzanne Flon·Jeanne
Robert Hardy·Assistant
Lea Massari·Maria
Roger Crouzet·Agent of the D.S.T.
Lucienne Legrand·Bookseller
Bernard Dhéran·M.Chat
Pierre Collet·Mechanic
André Falcon·Police Commissioner

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