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The Jigsaw Man (1984)

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An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the KGB and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Philip Kimberly / Sergei Kuzminsky
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Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
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Penelope Kimberley
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Jamie Fraser
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Sir James Chorley
Morteza Kazerouni ...
Boris Medvachian
Michael Medwin ...
Milroy
Eric Sevareid ...
Himself
Sabine Sun ...
Dr. Zilenka
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Cameron
Patrick Dawson ...
Ginger
Vladek Sheybal ...
Gen. Zorin
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Douglas Ransom
Maggie Rennie ...
Mrs. Ransom
Richard Aylen ...
Older Kimberley
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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. Written by Alexander Lum

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The Game of Spying, Double Cross, Defection, Betrayal & Death.

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7 September 1984 (Sweden)  »

Also Known As:

A hazárdőr  »

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Richard Aylen is dubbed by Michael Caine. See more »

Goofs

In the middle of the film the Admiral is driven home. He starts by going east down Whitehall towards Trafalgar Square, though he actually lives in on the Middlesex side of the Thames by Kew railway bridge, as is clear from the name of the adjacent sailing club. See more »

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Referenced in Terence Young: Bond Vivant (1999) See more »

Soundtracks

"Only You And I"
Music by Georges Garvarentz
Lyrics by Labi Siffre, Scott English
Sung by Dionne Warwick
Produced by Bob Gaudio
Rhythm arrangement by Jeremy Lubbock and Bob Gaudio
String & horn arrangement by Jeremy Lubbock
Recorded by Paul Lani and Rick Ruggieri
Mixed by Ron Hitchcock
Producers assistant: Marla Miller
Recorded at Sound Lab Studios, Los Angeles, California
Song & theme published by P.G.G. (Chappell Aznavour Ltd.)
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poor Cold War thriller marred by bad acting and accents
18 March 2008 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

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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