Directed by Peter Collinson
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Olive Films)
Unmemorable international yarn about an aging British special agent, the great Stanley Baker, who has to prove himself useful or retire as a pencil sharpener. His mission sends him to New York, Turkey and Cyprus, hunting for a Russian Jew who escaped years earlier from a prison camp. The man is wanted by the British, Americans and Russians, apparently a scientist with important work, though it is never specified. Baker kidnaps Geraldine Chaplin, then starts a relationship with her, providing the film's best scenes. There are the usual shootouts, torture scenes, double crosses and whatnot, but nothing to separate it from the cluttered Bond-inspired spy genre.
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