- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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2 out of 5
Adapting from his own bestseller, Leon Uris wrote the original screenplay for this lacklustre spy story. Alfred Hitchcock, who had no real enthusiasm for the project, eventually asked for a rewrite by Samuel Taylor, who had worked on Vertigo, but there was still far too much plot, too many explanations, and not enough character depth to bring this Cold War thriller to life. Shot around the globe with a cosmopolitan if not particularly starry cast, the action centres on a Cuban revolutionary and the presence of double agents in the French Secret Service. Hitchcock was so at odds with his material that he reportedly shot three different endings for perhaps the poorest film of his Hollywood career.
Plot Summary
Alfred Hitchcock's spy thriller based on the novel by Leon Uris, starring John Forsyth and Frederick Stafford. In 1962, a French agent assists CIA efforts to discover how deeply the Russians are involved in Cuba.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Michael Nordstrom
- John Forsythe
- André Devereaux
- Frederick Stafford
- Nicole Devereaux
- Dany Robin
- Rico Parra
- John Vernon
- Juanita de Cordoba
- Karin Dor
- Jacques Granville
- Michel Piccoli
- Henri Jarre
- Philippe Noiret
- Michele Picard
- Claude Jade
- François Picard
- Michel Subor
- Philippe Dubois
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Boris Kusenov
- Per-Axel Arosenius
- McKittreck
- Edmon Ryan
- Mrs Kusenov
- Sonja Kolthoff
Crew
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
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