Directed by:
John HustonCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Michael Hordern, Peter Vaughan, Roland Culver, Percy Herbert, Niall MacGinnis (more)VOD (1)
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Spy thriller in which British agent Joseph Reardon (Paul Newman) who is tasked by the mysterious espionage mastermind Mackintosh to impersonate an Australian agent and deliberately take the fall for a diamond robbery, landing him in prison so that he can form an alliance with a notorious criminal. Not all is as it seems, though, in this taught adaptation of Desmond Bagley's novel THE FREEDOM TRAP. (official distributor synopsis)
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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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