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* CoitusEnsues: Alec beds Nina after knowing her for about three hours.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Modern audiences would not associate Tehran with swanky casinos, but prior to the Islamic Revolution, Iran was indeed ruled by a pro-western regime which welcomed foreign high-rollers and bon vivants.
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* AlternateDVDCommentary: The film received the RiffTrax treatment [[https://www.rifftrax.com/missile-x in 2017]].

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* AlternateDVDCommentary: The film received the RiffTrax Podcast/RiffTrax treatment [[https://www.rifftrax.com/missile-x in 2017]].
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* ShoutOut: Two of the Baron's henchmen are named George and Ringo.

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* ShoutOut: Two of the Baron's henchmen are named [[Music/TheBeatles George and Ringo.Ringo]].
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''Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'', also known as ''The Teheran Incident'', is a 1979 spy thriller starring Creator/PeterGraves as an American secret agent who must foil a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference with a stolen nuclear bomb. Also appearing are Creator/JohnCarradine and Creator/CurdJurgens.

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''Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'', also known as ''The Teheran Incident'', is a 1979 German[=/=]Italian[=/=]Spanish spy thriller starring Creator/PeterGraves as an American secret agent who must foil a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference with a stolen nuclear bomb. Also appearing are Creator/JohnCarradine and Creator/CurdJurgens.
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* DrinkOrder: Alec and Konstantin favor Nuits-Saint-Georges, a Burgundy wine.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: American actor Michael Dante plays Russian agent Konstanine Senyonov. If his nationality wasn't repeatedly mentioned, you'd never guess.
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''Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'', also known as ''The Teheran Incident'', is a 1979 spy thriller starring Creator/PeterGraves as an American secret agent who must foil a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference with a stolen nuclear bomb. Also appearing are Creator/JohnCarradine and [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Curd Jurgens]].

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''Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'', also known as ''The Teheran Incident'', is a 1979 spy thriller starring Creator/PeterGraves as an American secret agent who must foil a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference with a stolen nuclear bomb. Also appearing are Creator/JohnCarradine and [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Curd Jurgens]].Creator/CurdJurgens.
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* HarsherInHindsight: All the references to the Ayatollah, considering what happened just a year later. The most prominent Iranian actor in the film, Pouri Banayi, was arrested after the Iranian Revolution and didn't appear in another film for thirty years.
* InternationalCoproduction: A German/Italian/Spanish joint.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is a remarkable time capsule of the period just before the Iranian Revolution. Plot devices include Soviet-American détente and the exiled Ayatollah, not to mention flared trousers and funky synth music.
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''Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'', also known as ''The Teheran Incident'', is a 1979 spy thriller starring Peter Graves as an American secret agent who must foil a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference with a stolen nuclear bomb. Also appearing are Creator/JohnCarradine and [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Curd Jurgens]].

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''Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'', also known as ''The Teheran Incident'', is a 1979 spy thriller starring Peter Graves Creator/PeterGraves as an American secret agent who must foil a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference with a stolen nuclear bomb. Also appearing are Creator/JohnCarradine and [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Curd Jurgens]].
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''Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'', also known as ''The Teheran Incident'', is a 1979 spy thriller starring Peter Graves as an American secret agent who must foil a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference with a stolen nuclear bomb. Also appearing are Creator/JohnCarradine and [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Curd Jurgens]].

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* AlmostDeadGuy: Alec gets to Stetson just before he dies of his knife wound.
* AlternateDVDCommentary: The film received the RiffTrax treatment [[https://www.rifftrax.com/missile-x in 2017]].
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Modern audiences would not associate Tehran with swanky casinos, but prior to the Islamic Revolution, Iran was indeed ruled by a pro-western regime which welcomed foreign high-rollers and bon vivants.
* CoitusEnsues: Alec beds Nina after knowing her for about three hours.
* CoolOldGuy: Peter Graves was only 52 when he appeared in this film, but with his snowy white hair, he certainly comes across this way.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Baron de Marchant, who wants to start a nuclear war.
* DrinkOrder: Alec and Konstantin favor Nuits-Saint-Georges, a Burgundy wine.
* EmptyQuiver: The film begins with the theft of a Soviet warhead.
* EnemyMine: The Americans and Soviets work closely together to foil the Baron's plot. This film was produced at the height of the policy of détente, i.e. thawed relations between the superpowers, which came to an abrupt end after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1980.
* FalseFlagOperation: The Baron's plan is to detonate a nuclear bomb and let the superpowers blame one another and retaliate in both directions.
* FruitCart: Alec knocks out some thugs in a pile of cabbages.
* GamblingBrawl: Alec swings one punch and instantly creates pandemonium in the Baron's casino.
* HarsherInHindsight: All the references to the Ayatollah, considering what happened just a year later. The most prominent Iranian actor in the film, Pouri Banayi, was arrested after the Iranian Revolution and didn't appear in another film for thirty years.
* InternationalCoproduction: A German/Italian/Spanish joint.
* MarketBasedTitle: The original German subtitle is ''Geheimauftrag Neutronenbombe'', literally "Secret Order Neutron Bomb". Two titles were used for the English-speaking market: ''The Neutron Bomb Incident'' and ''The Teheran Incident''.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: The killing of an embassy employee triggers an investigation which uncovers the Baron's plot.
* RenegadeRussian: Dr. Nikolaeff, the nuclear scientist working for the Baron.
* SameLanguageDub: A young boy is clearly voiced by an adult woman.
* ShoutOut: Two of the Baron's henchmen are named George and Ringo.
* SignatureItemClue: The hero frisks a knocked-out henchman and finds a gaming chip from the Baron's casino. Guess where he goes next?
* SpySpeak: Alec and the Baron's cryptic exchange about mice and elephants.
* TuxedoAndMartini: No tuxedos, but the scenes at the Tehran casino suggest this aesthetic.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is a remarkable time capsule of the period just before the Iranian Revolution. Plot devices include Soviet-American détente and the exiled Ayatollah, not to mention flared trousers and funky synth music.
* WolverineClaws: The Baron's leather-clad henchman lost several fingers and had them replaced with retractable steel blades.
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