Action immédiate is a French thriller film first released in 1957, directed by Maurice Labro.  The film is based on a novel by Paul Kenny and stars Henri Vidal, Jacques Dacqmine, Lino Ventura, Barbara Laage and Louis Arbessier.  It has also been released under the title: To Catch a Spy.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security.  French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum.  The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money.  Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook.  With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered...
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