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Name: Covert Action
Genre: Crime, Action
Released: 1978-03-03
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: David Janssen, Arthur Kennedy, Maurizio Merli, Corinne Cléry, Ivan Rassimov

Covert Action (1978) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 3 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.

Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip Agee was in the news at this time) and fiction spy novels. The CIA is on his case, in the person of Arthur Kennedy, CIA chief in Athens, where Janssen is staying. Janssen is pursuing a case that interests him, while dodging the traps set for him by Kennedy and trying to help Maurizio Merli, a former colleague with personal problems.

Film
1978
100 min
★ 7.0/10 TMDB
Crime
Action

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DirectorRomolo Guerrieri

WritersVittorio Schiraldi, Nico Ducci, Romolo Guerrieri

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