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Man on a String (1960)

Man on a String

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12

1h 32m

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

March 25th, 1960

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Synopsis

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

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Cast

Ernest Borgnine
Boris Mitrov
Kerwin Mathews
Bob Avery
Colleen Dewhurst
Helen Benson
Alexander Scourby
Colonel Vadja Kubelov
Glenn Corbett
Frank Sanford
Vladimir Sokoloff
Papa of Boris Mitrov
Hanna Landy
Bess Harris
Friedrich Joloff
General Nikolai Chapayev
Richard Kendrick
Inspector Jenkins
Ed Prentiss
Adrian Benson
Full cast & crew

Directors

André De Toth
(as Andre De Toth)
Full cast & crew

Producers

Louis De Rochemont III
(co-producer)
Louis De Rochemont
producer
Ronald Kinnoch
producer
Columbia (uncredited)
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Writers

Boris Morros
(book) and
Charles Samuels
book
John H. Kafka
(screenplay) (as John Kafka) and
Full cast & crew

Taglines

The biggest top-secret spy story of our time!
A spy story that's tense, tough and true.
A real-life counter-espionage career more thrilling than fiction!
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Keywords

voice over narration
blackmail
film studio
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

March 25th, 1960 (Germany) (Columbia) (Theatrical)
March 25th, 1960 (United States of America)

Alternative Titles

Ten Years a Counterspy
Man on a String (original title)
Secretos de contraespionaje (Argentina)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Moscow, USSR (city landmarks)
Union Station - 800 N. Alameda Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA (Train station at end where CBI arrests agents matching bill halves)
West Berlin, Berlin, Germany (city streets)
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Running Times

92 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.85 : 1

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures
RD-DR Productions

Distribution Companies

Umbrella Entertainment (Australia)
Columbia Filmgesellschaft (Austria)
Columbia Pictures of Canada (Canada)
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