Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip Agee was in the news at this time) and fiction spy novels. The CIA is on his case, in the person of Arthur Kennedy, CIA chief in Athens, where Janssen is staying. Janssen is pursuing a case that interests him, while dodging the traps set for him by Kennedy and trying to help Maurizio Merli, a former colleague with personal problems.
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Arthur Kennedy
CIA Chief of Station, Athens
Romolo Guerrieri
Director, Screenplay
Nico Ducci
Screenplay
Mino Roli
Screenplay
Vittorio Schiraldi
Screenplay, Story
Giuseppe Tortorella
Executive Producer
Enzo Silvestri
Executive Producer
Gianbattista Milesi
Producer
Erico Menczer
Director of Photography
Stelvio Cipriani
Original Music Composer
Antonio Siciliano
Editor
Eugenio Liverani
Production Design
