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Rating: 4.5 stars

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The Jigsaw Man (1983)

Directed by Terence Young

Drama | Thriller

Overview

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.

Length 94 minutes

Actors

Michael Caine | Laurence Olivier | Susan George | Robert Powell | Charles Gray | Morteza Kazerouni | Michael Medwin | Eric Sevareid | Sabine Sun | David Kelly | Patrick Dawson | Vladek Sheybal | Peter Burton | Maggie Rennie | Richard Aylen | Anthony Pullen Shaw | Maureen Bennett | Anthony Dawson | Peggy Marshall | John Franklyn-Robbins | Thomas Heathcote | Matthew Scurfield | Robert Austin | Jana Shelden | Peter Hutchins | Yuri Borienko | Bill Shine | David Allister | Jennifer Jayne | Ian Masters | Richard Borthwick | Owen Brenman | Maurice Thorogood | Nuala Barrie | P.G. Stephens | Nigel Humphreys | Guy Standeven

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A very average, boring spy film. A little surprising since a couple of James Bond veterans are at the helm (director Terence Young and assistant director Peter Hunt).

When Michael Caine’s character is trying to pass for a Russian or American, his accents are laughably bad. Laurence Olivier hams it up and is just plain awful.

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