triple cross be one of the movie terence young wish he would never do and and it be bad indeed and even though it have all the ingredient a good box office hit need represent an international all star cast ( christopher plummer and romy schneider and yul brynner and trevor howard and gert fröbe and jess hahn and claudine auger from thunderball and howard vernon and bernard fresson ) and a massive budget and a director at the height of his international fame and a bond like story and a bond like score ( george garvarentz ) and bond like location ( jersey and london and paris and lisbon and southern france ) . what go wrong . basically and triple cross be about one hour too long ( there be two version available and one last 145 minute and the other one 126 ) and and for many part it seem a if even the director get confuse with the different story line and so the movie be guilty of both and boredom and confusion . the romantic aspect of the film doesn not work out while the chemistry between plummer and schneider be everything but right . christopher plummer be a huge disappointment in his attempt to be sean connery . he be undoubtedly a good actor and but a eddie chapman and he remain pale and utterly deadpan . where connery a bond have a lot of sex appeal and charm and plummer have nothing to offer . miss schneider be equally miscast a the mysterious countess and she seem lose and bore and give one of the very few bad performance of her life . i would not give a summary of the plot here and it just not worth it . i recommend watch the early bond movie and like dr. no and goldfinger and or from russia with love instead .