Drama loosely based on a true story starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth. Moscow: now an old man, English spy Guy Bennett recalls how his treatment at a repressive public school and his friendship with a fellow pupil, the Marxist Tommy Judd, first led to his questioning of authority.
This is the film that should have made Rupert Everett a bigger star than he is. His electrifying performance, as a homosexual public schoolboy barred from an exclusive prefects' society, is at once endearing and arrogant. Directed by Marek Kanievska, from Julian Mitchell's adaptation of his own play about the background to the Burgess/MacLean spy scandal, the tale only clicks into credibility when Everett goes into outsider mode. A wonderfully flamboyant exposure of the making of a traitor, this deserved more acclaim and box-office receipts than it got.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Guy Bennett | Rupert Everett |
| Tommy Judd | Colin Firth |
| Barclay | Michael Jenn |
| Delahay | Robert Addie |
| Imogen Bennett | Anna Massey |
| Julie Schofield | Betsy Brantley |
| Devenish | Rupert Wainwright |
| Fowler | Tristan Oliver |
| Harcourt | Cary Elwes |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Marek Kanievska |
