The Reluctant Spy

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]

The Reluctant Spy
Directed by	Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Written by	Michel Cousin Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Produced by	Films de la Licorne, Italgamma
Starring	Jean Marais Geneviève Page
Music by	Georges Delerue
Release date	4 September 1963 (1963-09-04) (France)
Running time	91 minutes
Countries	France, Italy
Language	French
Box office	1,803,068 admissions (France)[1]

It is a parody of espionage films.^[2] It was followed by sequel Pleins feux sur Stanislas.^[2]

Plot

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.

Cast

• Jean Marais (Stanislas Evariste Dubois, director of an advertising agency)
• Geneviève Page (Ursula Keller, museum guide)
• Noël Roquevert (Inspector Mouton)
• Gaia Germani (Andrea, the female spokesman)
• Maurice Teynac (Alfred Thirios, the trafficker)
• Jean Galland (Colonel Derblay, press relations officer)
• Christian Marin (Lecanut, the secretary of Inspector Mouton)
• Mathilde Casadessus (Maria Linas, the diva)
• Marcelle Arnold (Miss Morin, the secretary of Stanislas)
• Hélène Dieudonné (grandmother of Stanislas)
• Germaine Dermoz (mother of Stanislas)
• Yvonne Clech (the lady on the train)
• Louis Arbessier (the museum director)
• Robert Rollis (mailman)
• Pierre Tornade (inspector)