Les filles du code secret

Original title: Sebastian

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Dirk Bogarde and Susannah York in Les filles du code secret (1968)

During the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker accused of Communist affiliations from the wrath... Read allDuring the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker accused of Communist affiliations from the wrath of the security branch.During the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker accused of Communist affiliations from the wrath of the security branch.

Director
- David Greene
Writers
- Leo Marks
- Gerald Vaughan-Hughes
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6.1/10

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Director
- David Greene
Writers
- Leo Marks
- Gerald Vaughan-Hughes
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Originally planned as a reunion between the writer (Leo Marks) and the director (Michael Powell) of Le voyeur (1960), this was inspired by Marks' own wartime career as an ace code-breaker. However, the notoriety of "Peeping Tom" made it hard to get the project off the ground. Powell became connected with American producer Herbert Brodkin during the making of the television series Espionage (1963), and hoped that Brodkin's interest would get this movie made. When it finally was, he and Marks were replaced. Powell had to be content with a producing credit, while Marks was credited solely with the story.

Quotes
Gen. Phillips: My function as Director of Security is to eliminate trust. Whenever it's an avoidable hazard.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties: Strangers in the City (1993)

Soundtracks
Here Comes The Night
Written by Jerry Goldsmith, Hal Shaper
Sung by Anita Harris

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7/10

The Jerry Goldsmith score

This is a good film to watch if you like British films from the era and especially ones with Dirk Bogarde. It's made with some style but the script is a problem. Though it starts out intriguingly, in the end this espionage film is rather much ado about nothing. The main point of interest in this rarely seen movie now is the equally rarely heard Jerry Goldsmith score, which I rather like. I believe it got an LP release back in 1968, but has never been issued on CD. Perhaps one of the reasons for that, as I've recently read, is that Goldsmith didn't have a good experience doing the score and never had much to say about it or simply didn't want to discuss it at all. Unfortunate, because the score, though minor Goldsmith, does have merit. I hope someday to read just what Goldsmith's problems were with it.