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Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian finds time to romance co-worker Rebecca Howard.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
13 audience votes
Key crew
- David GreeneDirector
- Gerald Vaughan-HughesScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dirk BogardeSebastian
- Susannah YorkRebecca Howard
- Lilli PalmerElsa Shahn
- John GielgudHead of Intelligence
- Janet MunroCarol Fancy
- Ronald FraserToby
- Margaret JohnstonMiss Elliott
- Nigel DavenportGen. Phillips
- John RonaneJameson
- Hayward MorseGavin
- Donald SutherlandAckerman
- Ann BeachPamela