Triple Cross
Date: 1966
Director: Terence Young
Production Company: Cineurop Company
Stars: Christopher Plummer, Yul Brynner, Romy Schneider, Claudine Auger
Location(s): Alpes-Maritimes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Jersey, Lisbon (Portugal), London, Paris, Val-d'Oise
Region(s): France, London T-Z, Rest Of The World
Storyline:
A master safecracker becomes a double- and then triple-agent in WWII, playing the Germans and the British against each other as he spies for both sides to secure his freedom.
Additional Information:
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- Capture 1
- 13 Sep 2026
Safecracker Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer), leaves a house with a bunch of jewels in his golf bag. 3 Canonbury Place, London N1.
It was awkward getting the height at this angle. SJ
- Capture 2
- 13 Sep 2026
He leaves in the getaway car. Canonbury Place, which also appears in 'Corridors of Blood' and 'David Copperfield (1969).
Later in the day. SJ
- Capture 3
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Eddie reads about his latest exploit. Edwardes Square W8, also seen in 'Thriller - An Echo of Theresa'.
- Capture 4
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Eddie attempts a holiday, but is captured and imprisoned. St. Helier, Jersey.
- Capture 5
- 13 Sep 2026
The Nazis invade the island. 1930s Jersey is represented by St. Malo, Brittany, France.
Today's ground-level view shows no invasion, just a few tourists.
- Capture 6
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At the prison, Eddie offers to spy for the Germans. Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Cormeilles, France.
- Capture 7
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Eddie is discharged and driven from prison, passing unidentified crossroads.
- Capture 8
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Eddie's destination is a POW camp in the mountains, currently unidentified.
- Capture 9
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He enters through the gate. A pan from the previous capture. The signs say Romainville, but this does not look like the real Fort de Romainville in Les Lilas.
- Capture 10
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The prisoners get some exercise. Unknown location.
- Capture 11
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Eddie faces the firing squad. Unidentified location.
- Capture 12
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After faking Eddie's death, the Germans give Eddie a new identity and drive him to a spy training centre in the country. Chateau at Domaine de Villarceaux, Chaussy, Ile-de-France, northern France.
- Capture 13
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Eddie disembarks at the door of the chateau.
- Capture 14
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The potential spies undergo training in the grounds. Domaine de Villarceaux.
- Capture 15
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Col. Baron von Grunen (Yul Brynner) and Countess (Romy Schneider) discuss Eddie's progress. Domaine de Villarceaux.
- Capture 16
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The trainees are called to action. Domaine de Villarceaux.
- Capture 17
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The budding spies are sent to a Paris address to track down members of the Resistance. Unknown location.
- Capture 18
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The camera follows the car as it rounds a corner.
- Capture 19
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Eddie is driven to a village. Place Saint-Martin, Omerville, Île-de-France.
- Capture 20
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Panning with the vehicle. Place Saint-Martin, Omerville.
- Capture 21
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The car arrives at a military police HQ. Rue de l’Ecole, Omerville.
- Capture 22
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The colonel and Eddie head to the centre, crossing the current playground of Omerville School.
- Capture 23
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Eddie is sent on what he believes is a secret mission to England. The airfield is currently unidentified.
- Capture 24
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Eddie has been parachuted into an occupied French town - the mission has been set up as a test. Unidentified location.
- Capture 25
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Sent on a real mission, to blow up the Vickers factory, Eddie is parachuted to England and reaches a farmhouse in the countryside. Unidentified location.
- Capture 26
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Eddie wakes up the farmer and his wife and says he has to get to the police. Another view of the farmhouse
- Capture 27
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Eddie meets the War Cabinet and offers to become a double agent. Cabinet Office, Whitehall SW1.
- Capture 28
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Eddie receives orders from Germany to blow up the Vickers factory. He arrives at the main gate with the night shift.
- Capture 29
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Eddie walks into the main factory area, and plants the bomb.
- Capture 30
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He leaves the plant in the morning when the night shift go home.
- Capture 31
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Eddie joins up with the team in London to discuss the successful explosion, which was staged to fool the Germans. Unidentified location.
- Capture 32
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Eddie travels to Lisbon in neutral Portugal.
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The dockside at Lisbon.
- Capture 34
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Looking across the Lisbon dock area.
- Capture 35
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Eddie walks along a Lisbon street. Rua de Guilherme Brava at the corner with Rua do Loureiro.
- Capture 36
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Eddie is summoned to the German Embassy. Villa Massena, Promenade des Anglais, Nice.
- Capture 37
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He is driven to the Spanish border...
- Capture 38
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... and crosses into occupied France.
- Capture 39
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Eddie is driven to face his superiors and is awarded the Iron Cross. The Hotel Majestic,19 Avenue Kléber, Paris. It served as the headquarters of the German military high command in France during the German occupation of Paris. At time of filming it was the International Conference Centre, and became the Peninsula Paris in 2014.
- Capture 40
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Paulette (Claudine Auger), a girl from the French Resistance, arranges a meeting to help Eddie return to England. The banks of the Seine, Paris, opposite Notre Dame Cathedral.
- Capture 41
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Eddie is sent on a final mission in France before returning to England. Unknown location.
- Capture 42
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The war concludes. A crowd celebrates in Piccadilly Circus, London WC2.
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The crowd fills Piccadilly Circus..