Foreign Exchange (1970 film)

*Foreign Exchange*
Foreign Exchange
Written by	Jimmy Sangster
Directed by	Roy Ward Baker
Starring	Robert Horton ; Jill St. John ; Sebastian Cabot
Music by	Johnny Pearson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Harold D. Cohen
Producer	Jimmy Sangster
Cinematography	Arthur Grant
Editor	Spencer Reeve
Running time	75 minutes
Production companies	American Broadcasting Company ; Halsan Productions
Original release
Release	January 13, 1970

Foreign Exchange is a 1970 American action thriller drama spy television film originally aired on ABC and directed by Roy Ward Baker.^[1] Its teleplay, written by Jimmy Sangster, was based on his own 1968 novel of the same name.^[2] The film starred Robert Horton, Jill St. John, and Sebastian Cabot.^[3] It is a sequel to the television film The Spy Killer, which was released the previous year.^[4]

Plot

When a Russian agent is arrested in London, former spy turned private eye John Smith (Robert Horton) is contacted by British Intelligence boss Max (Sebastian Cabot) and asked to participate in a secret operation behind the Iron Curtain. When Smith refuses, his American girlfriend Mary (Jill St. John) is threatened with immediate deportation. Smith reluctantly complies, only to find himself back in the world of espionage in an exchange plot designed to undermine the Russian Secret Service.