Where the Spies Are

Where the Spies Are (1966)

That's secret agent Jason Love who takes you where the spies are!

A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.

Date of release
1966-01-26
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Val Guest

Casting

Interesting facts

Where the Spies Are is a 1965 British comedy adventure film directed by Val Guest and starring David Niven, Françoise Dorléac, John Le Mesurier, Cyril Cusack and Richard Marner. It was based on the 1964 James Leasor book Passport to Oblivion, which was also the working title of the film. MGM intended to make a Jason Love film series, but the idea was shelved.

Production

Val Guest read James Leason's novel Passport to Oblivion and liked it. He went into partnership with David Niven and MGM agreed to finance, inspired by the success of the James Bond films. MGM insisted the movie be retitled.

Niven was also making Lady L for MGM at the same time but the studio arranged the schedule accordingly. Françoise Dorléac was cast off the back of her success in That Man from Rio.

Filming took place at MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood and on location in England and Beirut.

Alfredo Antonini served as the orchestra conductor for the film.

David Niven and Val Guest took an option on the next five James Leasor books about Jason Love. Two of them were written - Passport to Peril and Passport to Peking - with three unwritten.

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