Covert Action

Name: Covert Action
Director: Romolo Guerrieri
Genre: Crime, Action
Released: 1978-03-03
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7
Cast: David Janssen, Arthur Kennedy, Maurizio Merli, Corinne Cléry, Ivan Rassimov

TrailerHDRIMDB: 7.0

Covert Action (1978) is a crime, action directed by Romolo Guerrieri rated 7.0/10.

Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip Agee was in the news at this time) and fiction spy novels. The CIA is on his case, in the person of Arthur Kennedy, CIA chief in Athens, where Janssen is staying. Janssen is pursuing a case that interests him, while dodging the traps set for him by Kennedy and trying to help Maurizio Merli, a former colleague with personal problems.

Released: 1978-03-03

Duration: 1h 40m

Genre: Crime, Action

Country: Italy

Director: Romolo Guerrieri

Writer: Romolo Guerrieri, Vittorio Schiraldi, Mino Roli

Cast: David Janssen, Arthur Kennedy, Maurizio Merli, Corinne Cléry

Production: Mires Cinematografica