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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sean Connery | ... | Barley | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Katya | |
| Roy Scheider | ... | Russell | |
| James Fox | ... | Ned | |
| John Mahoney | ... | Brady | |
| Michael Kitchen | ... | Clive | |
| J.T. Walsh | ... | Quinn | |
| Ken Russell | ... | Walter | |
| David Threlfall | ... | Wicklow | |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer | ... | Dante | |
| Mac McDonald | ... | Bob | |
| Nicholas Woodeson | ... | Niki Landau | |
| Martin Clunes | ... | Brock | |
| Ian McNeice | ... | Merrydew (as Ian McNiece) | |
| Colin Stinton | ... | Henziger | |
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Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher during a Russian book conference. The British secret service are naturally keen to learn if these notebooks are the genuine article. To this end, they enlist the help of the scruffy British publisher Barley Blair, who has plenty of experience with Russia and Russians. Barley, an unconventional character who doesn't respond well to authority, finds himself in a game more complex than he first thought when he digs into the origin of the notebooks. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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east west | british intelligence | unsubtitled foreign language | moscow russia | mi6 |Taglines:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
21 December 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$21,800,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$4,435,650, 25 December 1990, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$22,998,000Company Credits
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Written by Cole Porter
Published by Warner/Chappell Music
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This picture was filmed on two continents (Europe and North America), in four countries (Russia, England, Portugal, and Canada) and in five cities (Moscow, Leningrad, London, Lisbon, and Vancouver). See more »Goofs
Near the end of the movie, at the American control center, when an assistant hands Ned a cup of coffee, he tips it enough that you can see the cup is empty. See more »Quotes
Bartholomew "Barley" Scott Blair: I love you. All my failings were preparation for me to you. It's like nothing I have ever known: it's unselfish love, grown up love. You know it is. It's mature, absolute, thrilling love.See more »
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Featured in At the Movies: The Godfather Part III/Kindergarten Cop/The Bonfire of the Vanities/The Russia House (1990) See more »Soundtracks
What Is This Thing Called Love?Written by Cole Porter
Published by Warner/Chappell Music
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Maybe I was just in the right mood, but I found this an effective romance. Michelle Pfieffer was even better than her usual terrific self, and the rest of the excellent cast was, well, excellent. It is pretty slow, but I think that this is essential to the conclusion, which I found quite moving. You have to give this movie a chance to grow on you, but if you are patient it is quite accessible. Not bleak at all, as you'd expect from Le Carre.