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A Balasaur Score of 64 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 70%, Metacritic 67/100. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
Metacritic67/100
340 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom StoppardScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Fred SchepisiDirector
Cast
- Sean ConneryBartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
- Michelle PfeifferKatya Orlova
- Roy ScheiderRussell
- James FoxNed
- John MahoneyBrady
- Michael KitchenClive
- J.T. WalshColonel Quinn
- Ken RussellWalter
- David ThrelfallWicklow
- Klaus Maria BrandauerDante
- Mac McDonaldBob
- Nicholas WoodesonNiki Landau
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Themes
central intelligence agency (cia)based on novel or booksecret missionlisbon, portugalex-loversoviet unionnuclear scientistmoscow, russia