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Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes39%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
44 audience votes
Key crew
- Terence YoungDirector
- Jo EisingerScreenplay
- John CameronOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael CainePhilip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky
- Laurence OlivierAdm. Sir Gerald Scaith
- Susan GeorgePenelope Kimberley / Annabelle Kimberley
- Robert PowellJamie Fraser
- Charles GraySir James Chorley
- Morteza KazerouniBoris Medvachian
- Michael MedwinMilroy
- Eric SevareidHimself
- Sabine SunDr. Zilenka
- David KellyCameron
- Patrick DawsonGinger
- Vladek SheybalGen. Zorin
Stills
Themes
cold war