Jason Robards plays a brandy swigging, cane hobbling investigator in this production which is more drama than action. A group of terrorists is being hunted in the age old Arab-Israeli conflict. A fiction person of high importance is fabricated by Israeli intelligence so they can track the European terrorist group wanting to find him. A prominent lawyer named Hersfeld is mistaken for the fictional man Herzog as he becomes the target of Arab assassination.
The film shows its age with poor quality transfer. The Arab terrorists read poetry while a candle is lit and posters of Che and Mao are on the wall and flute music is playing. Nothing like combining art, terrorist, communists, and hippies as the agents against Israeli and goodness. That scene in itself might make a worth while view in a history of film as reflective of cultural views. Otherwise the action and drama don't live up to 21st century standards. The film is slow.
Also under the title "The Spy Who Never Was."
Parental Guide: No f-bombs. Sex and Nudity (Gila Almagor)
The film shows its age with poor quality transfer. The Arab terrorists read poetry while a candle is lit and posters of Che and Mao are on the wall and flute music is playing. Nothing like combining art, terrorist, communists, and hippies as the agents against Israeli and goodness. That scene in itself might make a worth while view in a history of film as reflective of cultural views. Otherwise the action and drama don't live up to 21st century standards. The film is slow.
Also under the title "The Spy Who Never Was."
Parental Guide: No f-bombs. Sex and Nudity (Gila Almagor)