The Kremlin Letter (1970)
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- M/PG
- 2h 0min
- Crime, Drama
- 01 Feb 1970 (USA)
- Movie
During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow.
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Bibi Andersson | ... |
Erika Kosnov
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Richard Boone | ... |
Ward
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Nigel Green | ... |
The Whore
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Dean Jagger | ... |
Highwayman
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Lila Kedrova | ... |
Madam Sophie
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Micheál MacLiammóir | ... |
Sweet Alice
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Patrick O'Neal | ... |
Charles Rone
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Barbara Parkins | ... |
B.A.
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Ronald Radd | ... |
Captain Potkin
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George Sanders | ... |
Warlock
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Raf Vallone | ... |
Puppet Maker
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Max von Sydow | ... |
Colonel Kosnov
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Orson Welles | ... |
Bresnavitch
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Sandor Elès | ... |
Lt. Grodin
(as Sandor Eles)
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Niall MacGinnis | ... |
Erector Set
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Anthony Chinn | ... |
Kitai
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Guy Deghy | ... |
Professor
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John Huston | ... |
Admiral
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Fulvia Ketoff | ... |
Sonia Potkin
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Vonetta McGee | ... |
The Negress
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Marc Lawrence | ... |
The Priest
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Cyril Shaps | ... |
Police Doctor
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Christopher Sandford | ... |
Rudolph
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Hana Maria Pravda | ... |
Mrs. Kazar
(as Hana-Maria Pravda)
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George Pravda | ... |
Kazar
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Ludmilla Dudarova | ... |
Mrs. Potkin
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Dimitri Tamarov | ... |
Ilya
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Pehr-Olof Sirén | ... |
Receptionist
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Daniel Smid | ... |
Waiter
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Victor Beaumont | ... |
The Dentist
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Steffen Zacharias | ... |
Dittomachine
(as Steve Zacharias)
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Laura Forin | ... |
Elena Potkin
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Saara Ranin | ... |
Mikail's Mother
(as Saara Rannin)
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Sacha Carafa | ... |
Mrs. Grodin
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Brandon Brady | ... |
Clocker Dan (uncredited)
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Larry Cross | ... |
Member of Tillnger Foundation (uncredited)
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Roger Nikkanen | ... |
Extra in Finland (uncredited)
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Rune Sandlund | ... |
Mikhail (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Huston |
Written by
Noel Behn | ... | (novel "The Kremlin Letter") |
John Huston | ... | (screenplay) and |
Gladys Hill | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Carter DeHaven | ... | producer |
John Huston | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Sam Wiesenthal | ... | producer |
Music by
Robert Drasnin |
Cinematography by
Edward Scaife | ... | director of photography (as Ted Scaife) |
Editing by
Russell Lloyd |
Editorial Department
Edoardo Romani | ... | first assistant editor (uncredited) |
Casting By
Robert Lennard | ... | (as Bob Lennard) |
Production Design by
Ted Haworth |
Art Direction by
Elven Webb |
Set Decoration by
Dario Simoni |
Costume Design by
John Furniss |
Makeup Department
George Frost | ... | makeup supervisor |
Production Management
David C. Anderson | ... | production manager (as David Anderson) |
Tony LaMarca | ... | unit production manager: NYC/USA |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gus Agosti | ... | first assistant director |
Carlo Cotti | ... | second assistant director |
Åke Lindman | ... | assistant director: Finland (uncredited) |
Nigel Wooll | ... | first assistant director: second unit (uncredited) |
Art Department
Boris Juraga | ... | assistant art director (uncredited) |
Giovanni Natalucci | ... | set designer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Renato Cadueri | ... | sound |
Basil Fenton-Smith | ... | sound |
Leslie Hodgson | ... | sound editor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Raffaele Marino | ... | gaffer (as Raf Marino) |
Ronald Anscombe | ... | focus puller (uncredited) |
Dudley Lovell | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Laurie Shane | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Location Management
Elia Kaarresalo-Kasari | ... | location coordinator (uncredited) |
Music Department
Robert Drasnin | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
Lucie Lichtig | ... | script supervisor (as Lucy Lichtig) |
Additional Crew
Ernest Anderson | ... | unit publicist (as Ernie Anderson) |
Michael Maslansky | ... | unit publicist |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Twentieth Century Fox (1970) (United States) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1970) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1970) (France) (theatrical)
- Fox Norena Film A/S (1970) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1970) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Centfox (1970) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1974) (United States) (tv)
- Arturo González Rodríguez (1975) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (Spain) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
- CBS Electronics (1984) (Greece) (VHS)
- CBS/Fox Home Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
- CBS/Fox (1984) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Eureka Entertainment (2011) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- LA7 (2016) (Italy) (tv)
- Twilight Time Films (2011) (United States) (DVD)
- Twilight Time Video (2011) (Canada) (DVD)
- Winkler Film (2016) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Lee Lighting (lighting)
- Screen Time Images (film restoration)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter written by the CIA that promises American assistance to Russia if China gets the atomic bomb.
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Taglines | If you miss the first five minutes, you miss one suicide, two executions, one seduction, and the key to the plot. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $6,095,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Utilizes an innovative technique: scenes spoken in Russian begin in Russian and after a couple of interchanges segue to being spoken in English, avoiding either usual extreme of subtitling or dubbing into English. Was first used in movie Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961. See more » |
Goofs | When Ward and the Whore talk in the bathroom at the end, the movie crew is reflected in the tiles. See more » |
Movie Connections | Referenced in John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988). See more » |
Soundtracks | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing See more » |
Quotes |
Colonel Kosnov:
[During drinks after a dinner party, with the wives present]
It was a long time ago. I'm not sure of the details any longer. Bresnavitch: The Colonel is too modest. Imagine. All he actually knew was that three of Sturdevant's men were in a small Polish village. Correct? Colonel Kosnov: I think so. Bresnavitch: He had to determine which of the 2,300 people in the village were the three he wanted, so he rounded up the entire population. He began to interrogate and execute each of them one by one. Then it seems that when your husband started killing the children one of Sturdevant's men tried to make a run for it. He was caught of course and your husband was able to make him talk, as only he can. See more » |