S*P*Y*S

S*P*Y*S is a 1974 comedy directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, and Zouzou. The film was screened at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.

Plot
Following an accident where two KGB agents are mistakenly killed during a failed attempt to help a Russian athlete's defection to the West, the head of CIA in Paris stipulates an agreement with his Russian counterpart to have two American agents killed in order to avoid retaliation. The choice falls on Bruland, an uptight agent passionate about his job and on the promotion ladder, and Griff, a somehow cynical and disillusioned courier. When the two men discover the plot, they form an uneasy alliance to try to escape, eventually getting involved with a French anarchist group and an independent French agent.

Cast

 * Elliott Gould as Griff
 * Donald Sutherland as Bruland
 * Zouzou as Sybil (as Zou Zou)
 * Joss Ackland as Martinson
 * Xavier Gélin as Paul (Revolutionary)
 * Vladek Sheybal as Borisenko (Russian Spy Chief)
 * Michael Petrovitch as Sevitsky (Defector)
 * Shane Rimmer as Hessler
 * Kenneth Griffith as Lippet
 * Pierre Oudrey as Revolutionary (as Pierre Oudry)
 * Kenneth J. Warren as Grubov
 * Jacques Marin as Lafayette
 * Jeffrey Wickham as Seely
 * Nigel Hawthorne as Croft
 * John Bardon as Evans

Title
The asterisks in the title are designed to remind users of MASH, which also starred Gould and Sutherland, and whose title is generally rendered with the same asterisks. Beyond this, there is no connection between the films.