"Western intelligence agents try, by all means necessary, to prevent a Communist-bloc defector from leaving the West in his bid to return home to lead an uprising."
Dirk Bogarde
as Alan Curtis
Ava Gardner
as Katina Petersen
Bekim Fehmiu
as Alexander Diakim
Timothy Dalton
as Charles Lord
Nicole Calfan
as Melissa Lascade
Frederic Forrest
as Scott Allison
Klaus Wildbolz
as Muller
Anthony Dutton
as Jennings
Peggy Sinclair
as Lily
Dennis Blanch
as Brewer
John Levene
as Adams
Alf Joint
as MacNeil
Vladimir Popović
as Kostas
Ratislav Plamenac
as Pavlos
Oliver Schott
as François
Erna Riedl
as Mme Diderot
Paul Maxwell
as American
John Serret
as Frenchman
Anthony Forwood
as Englishman
François Baudet
as Dr. Giraud
Bob Sessions
as Pete
Peter Garell
as Carlo
Friedrich Mönnig
as Cliff
Fritz von Friedl
as 1st Security Man
Erwin Fischer
as 2nd Security Man
Erwin V. Gross
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Cyril Frankel
Director
Richard Rodney Bennett
Original Music Composer
Theodor Harisch
Production Design
Robin Estridge
Screenplay
Ernest Walter
Editor
Peppi Wanke
Costume Design
Paul Mills
Producer
Novel
George Partleton
Makeup Artist
Emmi Minnich
Elliot Scott
Denis Johnson
Production Supervisor
Freddie Young
Director of Photography