Alfred Hitchcock wanted Connery to play the role of a man who, sent to intercept and kill a dangerous spy, falls in love with the spy's beautiful wife.

Alfred Hitchcock's long-in-development project might have starred Deneuve as the wife of a spy who escapes from a London prison.

The great director spent several years late in his life developing with a number of screenwriters a romantic spy thriller set in Finland involving a dangerous spy, a man sent to kill him, and the spy's beautiful wife.

Alfred Hitchcock was so impressed by Lauter's performance in "Family Plot," he seriously considered him for a major role as a villain.

Alfred Hitchcock seriously considered the fine Finnish actor-director for a key role as a police chief.

Alfred Hitchcock had Matthau in mind to play a wily, sadistic spy escaped from a London prison.

Alfred Hitchcock seriously considered pairing Ullmann with Sean Connery in the romantic spy thriller set in London, Finland and Russia.