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26/09/1980 Comedy, Adventure 1h 44m
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The most dangerous man in the world. He's about to expose the CIA, the FBI, the KGB ... and himself.

Overview

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

  1. Ronald Neame

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Walter Matthau

    Miles Kendig

  2. Glenda Jackson

    Isobel

  3. Sam Waterston

    Jack Cutter

  4. Ned Beatty

    Myerson

  5. Herbert Lom

    Yaskov

  6. David Matthau

    Ross

  7. George Baker

    Westlake

  8. Ivor Roberts

    Ludlum

  9. Lucy Saroyan

    Carla

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2020-06-14
A simply delightful little film.

After growing tired of the job, CIA agent Miles Kendig decides to get out of the business once and for all. Fearing that his peace, and maybe his life, could be threatened by the organisation, he tells them that unless he is left alone he will spill the beans on all the secrets that he knows about. They call his bluff, thinking he is full of bitter hot air, so he promptly starts sending out to them one chapter at a time. Realising that Kendig is serious, the CIA sets about putting a stop to him, by whatever means necessary!!. But with Kendig having been one ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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