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The Jigsaw Man (1983)

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Overview

Director:
Terence Young
Writers:
Dorothea Bennett (novel)
Jo Eisinger (screenplay)
Release Date:
7 September 1984 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the KGB and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
poor Cold War thriller marred by bad acting and accents more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Caine ... Philip Kimberly / Sergei Kuzminsky

Laurence Olivier ... Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
Susan George ... Penelope Kimberley
Robert Powell ... Jamie Fraser
Charles Gray ... Sir James Chorley
Morteza Kazerouni ... Boris Medvachian
Michael Medwin ... Milroy
Eric Sevareid ... Himself
Sabine Sun ... Dr. Zilenka

David Kelly ... Cameron
Patrick Dawson ... Ginger
Vladek Sheybal ... Gen. Zorin

Peter Burton ... Douglas Ransom
Maggie Rennie ... Mrs. Ransom
Richard Aylen ... Older Kimberley
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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Helsinki, Finland more
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Company:
Evangrove more

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Trivia:
Sir John Clements was going to be in this film but was replaced by Michael Medwin. more
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jude Law/Ashlee Simpson (#30.3)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Only You And I more

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poor Cold War thriller marred by bad acting and accents, 18 March 2008
5/10
Author: didi-5 from United Kingdom

A very dull film is the only way of describing this tale of spies and defectors, plastic surgery and double dealing, during the Cold War. Michael Caine plays the rejuvenated spy who returns to his homeland, and his former friend and sparring partner, head of M15 (a truly appalling Laurence Olivier), at the same time reviving his relationship with his pouting daughter Penny (Susan George) who is having a fling with a secret service man (Robert Powell), who is surviving attempts to kill him by ... well, who knows?

With fruity support from Charles Gray and Michael Medwin and an awful script delivered in poor accents (Caine's Russian has to be heard to be believed) 'The Jigsaw Man' becomes a bit of a joke.

It is watchable, but is really a load of old rubbish dressed up in London locations and with some semblance of a plot.

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