Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Fake gems

Topaz (1969)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock this film inspired by real events stars Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon and Karin Dor. A French intelligence agent helps the Americans in the lead up to the Cuba missile crisis.

This is a more realistic spy film than you will find floating around most of the time but it gets bogged down in procedure and goes on too long. Despite being based around big events the plot some how manages to always be pedestrian and never really gets you on the edge of your seat. There are a few nice touches from the director but these are usually small things and the film lacks some star power.


3/5

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