A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Lewis Alexander
- Country House Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Jack Arrow
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
- Pub Customer
- (uncredited)
Peter Evans
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Stefan Gryff
- Shay cell group surrvior
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaOne of seven espionage movies that Charles Gray made around the mid to late 60s and early 70s. The others being Masquerade (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) , The Man Outside (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), The File of the Golden Goose (1969), and When Eight Bells Toll (1971),
- GoofsAt the start of the film one of the dead victims lying by the empty swimming pool is startled and moves when the car explodes, with his head and arm moving.
- Crazy creditsDuring the closing credits, in the background is the final scene showing a tower with a light that rotates, shining alternately green and white light. The credits change colors repeatedly as if the tower light is shining on them.
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Excellent Seventies Cold War Spy Story
Sam Wanamaker did a very good job of directing this excellent Cold War spy drama, back in the days when no one imagined the Cold War would ever end. The story is essentially British, so the excuse for using the American star George Peppard in the lead is that 'he grew up in America', hence has the accent. Peppard was always good in these parts as the good guy struggling against the forces of darkness, whether Nazis or Communists. He is romantically involved with the popular ingénue actress of the day, Judy Geeson. Sam must have thought she looked a bit too cute in real life, so he stuck some studious spectacles on her face to give her a bit of gravitas. Judy really was extremely cute, and a very sweet-natured person as well. I met her back then along with her parents and sister, and what a 'cute clan' they all were. They were great art lovers and liked to go to private views, which is how I met them all together like that. They had a particular favourite artist whom they always patronised, but I can't remember who he was. Judy's greatest asset was that lovely look around her eyes, which made her such an irresistible sight for any camera, or any fellow, for that matter. Good old Oscar Homolka is here called upon for the n-th time to play a defecting Russian spy, and does even better than usual. Joan Collins does a good job of acting, playing a difficult and amorous ex-lover (type casting?), and generally Sam could be said to get the best out of his actors because he was one himself, so he knew how to treat them and understood the pressures they were under. This is a rollicking good tale of the times, not as sophisticated and profound as le Carré of course, then then who was? There are the usual deceptions, twists, double-crosses and triple-crosses, all good stuff.
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- Jun 27, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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