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Topaz

Year:
Duration:
143 min | 127 min (edited version) | Portugal:125 min
Genres:
Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.3
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1969-12-19
Filming Locations: Place Gaillon, Paris 2, Paris, France
Cast
Actor
Character
Frederick Stafford
Andre Devereaux
Dany Robin
Nicole Devereaux
John Vernon
Rico Parra
Karin Dor
Juanita de Cordoba
Michel Piccoli
Jacques Granville
Philippe Noiret
Henri Jarre
Claude Jade
Michele Picard
Michel Subor
Francois Picard
Per-Axel Arosenius
Boris Kusenov
Roscoe Lee Browne
Philippe Dubois
Edmon Ryan
McKittreck
Sonja Kolthoff
Mrs. Kusenov
Tina Hedström
Tamara Kusenov
John Van Dreelen
Claude Martin
Donald Randolph
Luis Uribe
Roberto Contreras
Muñoz
Carlos Rivas
Hernandez
Roger Til
Jean Chabrier
Lewis Charles
Pablo Mendoza
Sándor Szabó
Emile Redon
Anna Navarro
Carlotta Mendoza
Lew Brown
American Official
John Roper
Thomas
George Skaff
Rene d'Arcy
John Forsythe
'Michael Nordstrom' in opening credits / as Michael Nordstrom in closing credits
Fidel Castro
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rita Conde
Dolores
Ann Doran
Mrs. Forsyth
Abel Fernandez
Cuban Guerrilla Fighter
Gregory Gaye
Meeting Co-Ordinator
Trent Gough
UN Visitor
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man in Wheelchair at Airport
John Holland
(uncredited)
Ray Kellogg
Security Guard (uncredited)
Henry Kingi
Man in Hotel Theresa hallway (uncredited)
John Stephenson
State Department Interrogator
Hal Taggart
Ambassador
Ben Wright
French Officer
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Trivia
The opening credits lists the most comprehensive cast - all 25 members; the end credits list only 11 of those members with character names. IMDb policy, therefore, requires the opening cast list to be used.
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An early scene is portrayed in a department store "Den Permanente". In Torn Curtain (1966), there is a poster for this same store, displayed when Julie Andrews climbs to the top of the stairs to enter the bookstore.
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Was reportedly one of Alfred Hitchcock's most unhappy directing jobs.
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Goofs
As the camera, suspended on a ceiling track, follows Rico Parra down the crowded hotel corridor in New York, one of the hanging lights can be seen to suddenly disappear upwards before it has gone out of shot (allowing the camera to continue forward).
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The position and numbers of the pencils in the mug on Jarré's desk, when Picard interviews him, varies between shots.
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A shot during the May Day parade sequence at the beginning of the film clearly reveals the parade to be taking place during the 50th anniversary of the October revolution (around the 1:29 mark), putting it in 1967 as opposed to 1961-63 when the story is supposed to have taken place. Therefore a person watching this parade could not have possibly defected to the USA and warned them of the Soviet missile deployment in Cuba (as is claimed in the beginning of the film).
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Quotes
Michèle Picard: Oh, the Cubans. I love the Cubans. They are so wild!
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Francois Picard: I've been shot...Just a little.
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Philippe Dubois: I think I'll go as a reporter. I'm loaded with press cards. Ebony, Playboy, Newsweek...
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Faq
Q
John Forsythe---What Did He Say About "Topaz" & Hitchcock?
A
Chicago Tribune, February 23, 1969, s. E, p. 11 (with photos):Forsythe Takes Movies, Stage or TV in StrideBy Norma Lee BrowningHollywood:The actor: Handsome, personable John Forsythe, a cross between Humphrey Bogart and Henry Fonda. Hes dressed in a tweed business suit and is wearing make-up because hes been shooting all morning in Topaz, the movie version of Leon Uris best-seller, being directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Topaz is Hitchcocks first movie since Torn Curtain, which starred Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. The picture made money, no thanks to the many movie critics who didnt like it. But word is that Hitchcock is very high on Topaz, a contemporary spy thriller to which hell give the Hitchcock touch.The entire company had just returned from six weeks of shooting in Paris and Copenhagen and theyre now working here in Hollywood. Hitchcock is using mostly unknown performers in Topaz, with the notable exception of John Forsythe.Nlb: What is it like to work with the worlds most famous director?A: Its very stimulating and challenging. Hitchcock is a real perfectionist. He knows camera, lighting and every piece of equipment thoroly. He can be very difficult and demanding but hes very relaxed on this picture.Nlb: Youve worked with him before, havent you? A: Yes. Weve been friends since I made The Trouble With Harry for him in 1955. [That was the picture which introduced Shirley MacLaine to movie goers.] I also worked with him on one of the few hour-long TV shows he did. He hasnt changed at all thru the years. Hes as droll and offbeat as ever. Theres only one problem about working with Hitchcock. I gain weight. He took e to every restaurant in Paris and Copenhagen that he considers goodit was a real eating spree.[I saw Hitchcock when Forsythe took me back to the sound stage after lunch. There was the slow, deliberate walk, the precise way he has of speaking and the unmistakable Hitchcock profileliving proof of his love for good food!]________________________________
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"Topaz"---Based on True Events?
A
Chicago Tribune, April 15, 1968, s. 1, p. 11:URIS RECALLS REPORTNew York,April 14 [Reuters]---Leon Uris, author of "Topaz," the novel about a French-Russian spy ring, today said he met Pierre Thiraud de Vosjoly, who contended that a spyy ring in fact existed around President de Gaulle.Uris said the central figure in his novel, a French intelligence agent, was not meant to be the real-life Thiraud de Vosjoly. The author declined to say how well he knew him or whether they met before Uris wrote the book.He said, however, he does believe there was an espionage ring operating close to President de Gaulle around the time of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis---which figures prominently in "Topaz"---and for a time before that._____________________________________
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Hitchcock---Did He Help Promote the Film?
A
Chicago Tribune, October 27, 1969, p. 19:TOWER TICKERby Robert WiedrichShow Business: Alfred Hitchcock is launching his promotional tour for "Topaz" Dec. 1 and should be in town four days later. The film opens at the Chicago theater in mid-January. . . .
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