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Berry Picking #2: Filming in 1960s Beirut

The Beirut caught on film in Eurospy movies

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Farrah Berrou
Aug 08, 2023
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In the last 3 days, I’ve watched three movies from the mid-1960s that were filmed in Beirut. Inspired by the success of the James Bond franchise on the early 60s, there are many Eurospy movies that were made during this period but there was a string of films involving Beirut as the backdrop. Given that we had our fair share of intelligence-swapping then…

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