Spy Story

Spy Story

1976 · 103 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

A nuclear war specialist returns from a mission gathering data on Soviet communications and electronic warfare techniques in the Arctic Ocean to find that his flat has been broken into and mysteriously re-decorated.

Directed by Lindsay Shonteff

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