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Dennis Potter (writer)
Release Date:
19 October 1980 (UK)
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Names have been changed to protect the guilty. more
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A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer...but both men are more than they claim to be. | add synopsis
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A great spy film with great acting and dialogue but no significant blood and guts.
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Donald Pleasence | ... | Professor Jason Cavendish |
 | Tom Conti | ... | Daniel Young |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Jack Hill |
| Kika Markham | ... | Linda Cavendish |
| Phoebe Nicholls | ... | Christabel Cavendish |
| Gareth Forwood | ... | Doctor |
| Bill Weston | ... | Andrew Cartwright |
| Joel Samuel | ... | Young Daniel |
| Alvar Liddell | ... | Newsreader (as Alvar Lidell) |
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Deep Cover (USA) (video title)
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82 min
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Professor Jason Cavendish:
I was born into a class that loves only what it owns... and we don't own quite enough of it anymore.
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This is a really wonderful film. It is almost like a play set on an estate in England. There are a few flashbacks but these are of short duration. It is one of those films that need to be viewed multiple times to really appreciate. A spy drama rather than a spy thriller.