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Triple Cross is a 1966 Anglo-French co-produced film directed by Terence Young and produced by Jacques-Paul Bertrand. It was released in France in December 1966 as La Fantastique histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman, but elsewhere in Europe and the United States in 1967 as Terence Young's Triple Cross. It was filmed in Eastman Color, print by Technicolor.
Triple Cross was based loosely on the real-life story of Eddie Chapman, believed by the Nazis to be their top spy in Great Britain, although he was actually an MI5 double agent known as "Zigzag". The title of the film comes from Chapman's signature to mark he was freely transmitting by radio, a Morse code XXX. Another meaning of the title "Triple Cross" becomes clear in the final scene of the film. Chapman, sitting at a bar, is asked who he was really working for. In reply, he raises his glass in salute to his reflection in the mirror.
Triple Cross is the second pairing of Terence Young and actress Claudine Auger. She was the leading James Bond girl in Thunderball (1965), which Young also directed.
Original Release
12/09/1966
US Release
12/09/1966
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christopher Plummer | Freddie Chapman / Eddie Chapman |
Romy Schneider | Helga Lindstrom aka The Countess / Helga Lindstrom (The Countess) |
Trevor Howard | Freddie Young aka Distinguished Civilian / Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian) |
Gert Frobe | Colonel Steinhager |
Claudine Auger | Paulette |
Yul Brynner | |
Harry Meyen | Lieutenant Keller |
Georges Lycan | Leo |
Jess Hahn | Commander Braid |
John Abbey | Lang |
Directors
Writers
René Hardy, Frank Owen, William Marchant
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christopher Plummer | Freddie Chapman / Eddie Chapman |
Romy Schneider | Helga Lindstrom aka The Countess / Helga Lindstrom (The Countess) |
Trevor Howard | Freddie Young aka Distinguished Civilian / Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian) |
Gert Frobe | Colonel Steinhager |
Claudine Auger | Paulette |
Yul Brynner | |
Harry Meyen | Lieutenant Keller |
Georges Lycan | Leo |
Jess Hahn | Commander Braid |
John Abbey | Lang |
Gil Barber | Bergman |
Jean-Claude Bercq | Major Von Leeb |
Paul Bonifas | Charlie |
Jean-Roger Caussimon | Luftwaffe General (as Jean Rene Caussimon) / Luftwaffe General |
Annette Claudier | Prison Clerk |
Jean Claudio | Sergeant Thomas |
Pierre Collet | German Warder |
Anthony Dawson | Major Stillman |
Georges Douking | Polish Interrogator |
Colin Drake | English Farmer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Fred Feldkamp | Executive Producer |
Jacques-Paul Bertrand | Producer |
Georges Cheyko | Producer |
Jacques Bertrand | Producer |