The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
Cast & Crew
Etienne Périer
Charles Boyer
Robert Taylor
George Chakiris
Marie Dubois
Marta Grau
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Eric, a computer operator at the IBM center in Stockholm, requests a transfer to Barcelona. For his trip he buys a trunk at a shop where three old ladies are buying an identical one, which they prepare so as to accommodate a human body. These three women are pawns of Truman, an international double agent. They blackmail Natasha, the telephone operator at the hot line center in Stockholm, to send insulting messages to American and Russian leaders. The resulting political crisis will benefit Truman. They then conceal Natasha in their trunk and fly to Barcelona on the same flight with Eric. When the group gets off the plane, their luggage is accidentally exchanged. Unpacking in his hotel room, the astonished Eric discovers Natasha in his trunk and calls the police. When they arrive, they find the trunk empty and the hotel porter dead. Natasha and Eric have been abducted by the geriatric trio. During a gun battle between Anderson, the head of American intelligence, and Vastov, his Soviet counterpart, the couple escapes. Natasha is quickly recaptured by the dowagers who have enlisted the aid of a troupe of nimble Chinese acrobats. Although Eric, having persuaded the police of his innocence, rescues Natasha, Truman and his elderly minions elude capture, much to the consternation of their dupes, Anderson and Vastov.
Director
Etienne Périer
Cast
Charles Boyer
Robert Taylor
George Chakiris
Marie Dubois
Marta Grau
Irene D'astrea
Josefina Tapias
Gérard Tichy
Gustavo Re
Oscar Pellicer
Frank Oliveras
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
French title: Le rouble à deux faces; Spanish title: El rublo de las dos caras. May also be known as The Hot Line.
