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Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
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Cast
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Michael CainePhilip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky
Laurence OlivierAdm. Sir Gerald Scaith
Susan GeorgePenelope Kimberley / Annabelle Kimberley
Robert PowellJamie Fraser
Charles GraySir James Chorley
Michael MedwinMilroy
Eric SevareidHimself
Sabine SunDr. Zilenka
David KellyCameron
Vladek SheybalGen. Zorin
Peter BurtonDouglas Ransom
Maggie RennieMrs. Ransom
Richard AylenOlder Kimberley
Maureen BennettSusan
Anthony DawsonVicar
John Franklyn-RobbinsEnglish doctor
Thomas HeathcoteGamekeeper
Matthew ScurfieldKGB man #1
Jana SheldenAir hostess
Yuri BorienkoRussian trainer
Bill ShineCommissionaire
Jennifer JayneNurse
Owen BrenmanPoliceman
Guy StandevenAlbert, The Club Steward (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Terence Young
- Written by
- Jo Eisinger, Dorothea Bennett
- Produced by
- Benjamin Fisz
- Music by
- John Cameron
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Facts
November 11, 1983 · 1 h 34 min · Violence
- Released
- November 11, 1983
- Runtime
- 1 h 34 min
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Thriller
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Available in
- 39 countries