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John HustonPhotographie:
Oswald MorrisMusique:
Maurice JarreActeurs·trices:
Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Michael Hordern, Peter Vaughan, Roland Culver, Percy Herbert, Niall MacGinnis (plus)Résumés(1)
Sur les ordres de Mackintosh, le chef du contre-espionnage, Rearden vole un lot de diamants. Dénoncé, il est arrêté et condamné à 20 ans de réclusion. Mais un groupe occulte, les Scarperers, organise son évasion, et celle de Slade, un agent de l'Est. Les deux fuyards sont placés sous bonne garde dans une demeure en Irlande. Rearden parvient à s'enfuir. Les Scarperers se lancent alors à sa poursuite. Ils connaissent maintenant la réelle mission de l'agent... (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
The good old Cold War spy theme, which I have a real soft spot for. The MacKintosh Man may not be as realistic a piece of work as The Ipcress File, nor is it as brilliantly and engagingly written as Funeral in Berlin, nor is it as gripping as, say The Quiller Memorandum, but despite all that it would be a shame to write it off for good. I'd say it's a decent contribution to the genre, but one that probably won't appeal to people other than its fans. Paul Newman is as good, funny and likeable as ever, John Huston does a standard job (the escape from the house and the escape from the dog, the car chase between the old ugly truck and the Mercedes), Maurice Jarre's music is reminiscent (in the best sense) of John Barry's atmospheric works... It was good.
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