The Reluctant Spy

The Reluctant Spy (L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret, 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.

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

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)