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The Spies [Les Espions] (Original screenplay for the 1957 film)

The Spies [Les Espions] (Original screenplay for the 1957 film)

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The Spies [Les Espions] (Original screenplay for the 1957 film)

by Henri-Georges Clouzot (director, screenwriter); Jerome Geronimi (screenwriter); Egon Hostovsky (novel); Curd Jurgens, Peter Ustinov, Otto-Eduard Hasse (starring)

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Paris: Filmsonor, 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. Text in English.

Loosely based on Egon Hostovsky's 1954 novel "The Midnight Patient." In order to finance his failing private clinic, a psychiatrist accepts a bribe to temporarily shelter a defecting Soviet scientist hotly pursued by a number of international secret agents.

Set and shot in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France.

Teal titled wrappers. 132 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus overall, bound with two silver clasps.

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Title
The Spies [Les Espions] (Original screenplay for the 1957 film)
Author
Henri-Georges Clouzot (director, screenwriter); Jerome Geronimi (screenwriter); Egon Hostovsky (novel); Curd Jurgens, Peter Ustinov, Otto-Eduard Hasse (starring)
Book Condition
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Publisher
Filmsonor
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1957
Keywords
Film Scripts | French Cinema | Mystery and Crime | 1950s Cinema
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