The Reluctant Spy

The Reluctant Spy
Directed byJean-Charles Dudrumet
Written byMichel Cousin
Jean-Charles Dudrumet
Produced byFilms de la Licorne, Italgamma
StarringJean Marais
Geneviève Page
Music byGeorges Delerue
Release date
  • 4 September 1963 (1963-09-04) (France)
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesFrance, Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office1,803,068 admissions (France)

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