''IXE-13'' is a 1971 Canadian spy comedy film, written and directed by

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, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 110. Made in conjunction with the sketch comedy troupe , that included Serge Grenier, Marc Laurendeau, Marcel Saint-Germain and André Dubois. The film stars the latter as Jean Thibault, agent "IXE-13", the "Ace of Canadian Spies", who sets off to save his fiancée Gisèle after she is kidnapped while he is on a mission.Charles-Henri Ramond
"IXE-13 – Film de Jacques Godbout"
''Films du Québec'', February 17, 2009. Louise Forestier also stars in a dual role as both Gisèle and Taya, the "Queen of the Chinese Communists" who undergoes plastic surgery to look like Gisèle as part of her plot to get close enough to IXE-13 to kill him. Its cast also includes Louisette Dussault,

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. The film was based on Paul Daignault's ''Les Aventures étranges de l'Agent IXE-13'' series of

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spy stories. The film premiered theatrically in late 1971, before opening commercially in January 1972."IXE-13, un immense succès d’édition et un film culte"

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* 1971 films 1971 comedy films Canadian comedy films Canadian spy films National Film Board of Canada films Films directed by Jacques Godbout 1970s spy comedy films 1970s French-language films French-language Canadian films 1970s Canadian films {{1970s-Canada-film-stub