| The Reluctant Spy | |
| Director: | Jean-Charles Dudrumet |
| Producer: | Films de la Licorne, Italgamma |
| Starring: | Jean Marais Geneviève Page |
| Music: | Georges Delerue |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | France, Italy |
| Language: | French |
| Gross: | 1,803,068 admissions (France)[1] |
The Reluctant Spy (French: L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret, Italian: Spionaggio senza frontiere, also known as How to Be a Spy Without Even Trying) is a French-Italian spy-comedy film from 1963, directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, written by Michel Cousin, starring Jean Marais and Geneviève Page.[2] [3]
It is a parody of espionage films.[2] It was followed by sequel Pleins feux sur Stanislas.[2]
Stanislas Dubois is an ordinary businessman. When he meets a woman on a date in a restaurant, he takes off his coat. Upon leaving he confuses a similar coat with his own. Following this mix-up he becomes increasingly aware that something about him is attracting peculiar people. Hidden in his new coat is a microfilm which interests more than one secret service. After being drawn into the world of international espionage, a secret service of his own country hires him to lure enemy spies into a trap.