Catch Me a Spy

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Catch Me a Spy
Catch Me a Spy.jpg
First US edition
AuthorGeorge Marton
Tibor Meray
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpy
Publisher W. H. Allen & Co. (UK)
Harper & Row (US)
Publication date
1969
Media typePrint

Catch Me a Spy is a 1969 comedy spy thriller novel by George Marton and Tibor Meray.

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Adaptation

In 1971 it was turned into a film of the same name starring Kirk Douglas, Marlène Jobert and Trevor Howard. [1]

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References

  1. Goble p.311

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