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Hot Line (film)
2026-11-15 05:33:31 · Cedar Herald Index
Hot Line (US title: The Day the Hot Line Got Hot, or ) is a 1967 French/Spanish international co-production comedy spy thriller directed by Etienne Périer and starring Robert Taylor in his final feature film and Charles Boyer. It was released in the US by American International Pictures.
Plot
An American and Russian agent find themselves duped by a double agent who works for both of them. Also involved are a naive IBM computer operator and the telephone operator at the hot-line center in Stockholm.

Cast
Charles Boyer as Vostov, KGB head
Robert Taylor as Anderson, CIA chief
George Chakiris as Eric Ericson, Computer Expert with IBM
Marie Dubois as Natasha
Gérard Tichy as Truman
Marta Grau as Old Lady
Irene D'Astrea as Old Lady
Josefina Tapias as Old Lady
Maurice de Canonge as Director of Hotel
Gustavo Re as Police Chief
Ilya Salkind as himself
Bibliography
References
External links
Le rouble à deux faces at the British Film Institute
1978 films
1960s spy comedy films
Films directed by Étienne Périer
French spy comedy films
American International Pictures films
English-language French films
Films about telephony
1967 comedy films
1967 films
1970s English-language films
1960s English-language films
1960s French films
1970s French films
English-language spy comedy films
