Hopscotch( 1980)

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The most dangerous man in the world. He's about to expose the CIA, the FBI, the KGB ... and himself.

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When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

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Walter Matthau
Miles Kendig
Glenda Jackson
Isobel
Sam Waterston
Jack Cutter
Ned Beatty
Myerson
Herbert Lom
Yaskov
David Matthau
Ross
George Baker
Westlake
Ivor Roberts
Ludlum
Lucy Saroyan
Carla
Severn Darden
Maddox
George Pravda
Saint Breheret
Jacquelyn Hyde
Realtor
Mike Gwilym
Alfie
Terry Beaver
Tobin
Ray Charleson
Clausen
Christopher Driscoll
Policeman #1
Michael Cronin
Policeman #2
Roy Sampson
Police Sergeant
Douglas Dirkson
Follett
Anne Haney
Mrs. Myerson
Shan Wilson
Spy in Oktoberfest
Randy Patrick
Mechanic
Joe Dorsey
Security Guard
Candice Howard
Maddox's Receptionist
Susan McShayne
Cocktail Waitress
Yolanda King
Coffee Shop Manager
Antony Carrick
Salesman in Electric Shop
Osman Ragheb
CIA Telephone Technician
Roland Fröhlich
Border Guard
Jeremy Young
Immigration Officer
Sally Nesbitt
Telephone Operator
Susan Engel
Westlake's Receptionist
Joanna McCallum
Bookshop Cashier
Laura Whyte
Myerson's Secretary
Larry Larson
FBI Technician
Seab Worthy
FBI Man
Danny Covington
Bellman
Richard Moore
Seaplane Pilot
Philip Voss
Helicopter Pilot
Debra Hook
Singer
Allan Cuthbertson
Chartermain

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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on Sun Jun 14 2020

A simply delightful little film. After growing tired of the job, CIA agent Miles Kendig decides to get out of the business once and for all. Fearing that his peace, and maybe his life, could be threatened by the organisation, he tells them that unless he is left alone he will spill the beans on all the secrets that he knows about. They call his bluff, thinking he is full of bitter hot air, so he promptly starts sending out to them one chapter at a time. Realising that Kendig is serious, the CIA sets about putting a stop to him, by whatever means necessary!!. But with Kendig having been one o...