| OSS 117 – Double Agent | |
| Producer: | André Hunebelle |
| Director: | Jean-Pierre Desagnat Renzo Cerrato André Hunebelle |
| Based On: | Pas de roses pour OSS 117 by Jean Bruce |
| Starring: | John Gavin Curt Jurgens Luciana Paluzzi Margaret Lee |
| Music: | Piero Piccioni |
| Cinematography: | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Editing: | Jolanda Benvenuti |
| Distributor: | Cinema International Corporation (Italy)[1] Valoria Films (France)[2] |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | Italy France |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | 1,226,223 admissions (France)[3] |
OSS 117 – Double Agent (also known as OSS 117: Murder for Sale or No Roses for OSS 117 (Pas de Roses pour OSS 117)) is a 1968 Eurospy film about agent OSS 117, starring John Gavin.
Frederick Stafford did not reprise his role as he was filming Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz and was replaced by John Gavin.[4] The film used an idea of having the hero undergo plastic surgery to fool his enemies, an idea discarded by the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) that was being filmed at the same time.
The film was shot in Rome and Tunisia. It was known during production as No Roses for Robert.[5]
The film was only a moderate success at the box office in France – the 40th most popular film of the year.[6]
It was not released in the US despite Gavin's presence in the lead role. However the film did help Gavin be cast, briefly, as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).[4]