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Charlie Muffin (1979) (TV)
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Exceptional cold-war spy story moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Hemmings | ... | Charlie Muffin | |
| Sam Wanamaker | ... | Ruttgers | |
| Jennie Linden | ... | Edith | |
| Pinkas Braun | ... | Valery Kalenin | |
| Ian Richardson | ... | Cuthbertson | |
| Ralph Richardson | ... | Sir Archibald Willoughby | |
| Christopher Godwin | ... | Snare | |
| Shane Rimmer | ... | Braley | |
| Tony Mathews | ... | Harrison | |
| Norwich Duff | ... | Cox | |
| Rohan McCullough | ... | Janet | |
| Donald Churchill | ... | Wilberforce | |
| Frederick Treves | ... | Wilcox | |
| Clive Revill | ... | Berenkov | |
| Phillip Joseph | ... | Bayer |
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Argentina:M (video rating)Fun Stuff
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Continuity: The VW blown up at the checkpoint was a pre-1970 model, whereas in other scenes it was a post-1970 model. moreQuotes:
Valery Kalenin: [to Cuthbertson] You really were incredibly stupid, Sir Henry. Charlie Muffin was one of the few real operatives in your service; his capture of Berenkov was brilliant. Yet you set him up to be shot in Berlin, you vilify him when he comes home unscathed, you demote him.[smiles]
Valery Kalenin: How can you expect loyalty when you treat a man like that?
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Charlie Muffin is an exceptional cold-war spy story. Our title hero is not very glamorous by James Bond standards: no spying gadgets, no Pussy Galores, no megalomaniac enemies with crocodile farms. It's simply the old West vs. East story during the cold war. Charlie is an exceptional spy with exceptional methods and exceptional results, but that is not much appreciated by his peers who want rules and not exceptions.
Although this spy story is set in the real world and not in comic book land, we have the odd chase, explosion and deception here and there, and although they are perhaps slightly less spectacular than in the world of Derek Flint their impact is larger, because they happen in a context we can relate to. Not only that, but the story keeps us also guessing. In our traditional spy film we know who's going to win (the good guys, of course) and how our hero will cope at the end (with a bottle of champagne under one arm and a glamour puss under the other). But this world is not that black and white and right up to the end one could imagine many outcomes, and the actual ending makes a fitting climax to a great film.
David Hemmings plays the title character understated: intelligent but inconspicuous, moderate but stylish. Generally the cast is excellent; I especially loved Pinkas Braun as the defected Kalenin.