Operation C.I.A.

Operation C.I.A.
Original film poster
Directed by Christian Nyby
Produced by Peer J. Oppenheimer
Written by Bill S. Ballinger
Peer J. Oppenheimer
Starring Burt Reynolds
Danielle Aubry
John Hoyt
Kieu Chinh
Vic Diaz
Marsh Thomson
Music by Paul Dunlap
Cinematography Richard Moore
Edited by Joseph Gluck
George Watters
Production
company
HeiRaMatt
Distributed by Allied Artists
Release date
  • September 8, 1965 (1965-09-08)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $70,000[1]

Operation C.I.A. is a 1965 black-and-white spy film directed by Christian Nyby and stars Burt Reynolds and John Hoyt.[2]

Premise

Secret Agent Mark Andrews arrives for Saigon to prevent the assassination of the American Ambassador.[3]

Cast

  • Burt Reynolds as Mark Andrews, C.I.A
  • John Hoyt as Wells
  • Kieu Chinh as Kim-Chinh
  • Danielle Aubry as Denise
  • Cyril Collick as Withers
  • William Catching as Frank Decker
  • Vic Diaz as Professor Yen
  • Marsh Thomson as Stacey

Production

The film was originally titled Last Message from Saigon with an announcement made in 1964 it would be filmed in Saigon, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Allied Artists filmed A Yank in Viet-Nam on actual South Vietnamese locations, but the security situation had deteriorated to such an extent that the safety of the filmmakers could not be guaranteed.[4]

Filming began in Bankok in January 1965.[5]

Said Reynolds:

I got to fight a boa constrictor and he gave the best performance in the movie.[1]"

Producer Peer Oppenheimer later signed Reynolds to appear with Diane Cilento in Deadly Contest, to be filmed in Germany, but the project did not happen.[6]

Operation C.I.A. was referenced in the Archer episode "The Man from Jupiter", in which Reynolds makes a guest appearance as himself. Sterling Archer claims the film inspired him to become a secret agent, to which Reynolds replies "that film was god-awful."

See also

References

  1. 1 2 BURT PRELUTSKY: Two Centerfolds Los Angeles Times 24 Dec 1972: k14
  2. ↑ OPERATION C.I.A. Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (Jan 1, 1965): 168.
  3. ↑ Devine, Jeremy M.Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: University of Texas Press, p. 22
  4. ↑ Foley, James. "FatFreeFilm 79 – Peer Oppenheimer". Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  5. ↑ FILMLAND EVENTS: Danielle Aubry Gets 'Message From Saigon' Los Angeles Times 21 Jan 1965: C9.
  6. ↑ MOVIE CALL SHEET: Aldrich Plans Western Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 13 Aug 1965: c7.


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