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 Marshall Thompson
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date(s)	September 1965 (1965-09)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Operation C.I.A. is a 1965 black-and-white spy thriller set in Saigon but filmed in Bangkok. It is Burt Reynolds' first lead role. The screenplay is by author Bill S. Ballinger who was writing a series of spy thrillers at the time. Allied Artists had previously filmed their A Yank in Viet-Nam on actual South Vietnamese locations but by 1965 the security situation had deteriorated to such an extent that the safety of the film makers could not be guaranteed.^[1] 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.^[2]

Plot

Secret Agent Mark Andrews is sent to Saigon where he prevents the assassination of the American Ambassador.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.fatfreefilm.com/2010/09/25/fatfreefilm-79-peer-oppenheimer-2/
2. ^ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iZIOAQAAIAAJ&q=%22last+message+from+saigon%22&dq=%22last+message+from+saigon%22&hl=en&ei=IV3kTJ7KC4PCcd6HpYUM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCA
3. ^ p.22 Devine, Jeremy M.Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: University of Texas Press

External links

• Operation C.I.A. at the Internet Movie Database