A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Acting
Joan Collins vamping it up as the mysterious Sarah
Production
Glorious 1970 London locations and interiors
Costume
Peppard's tweed game is aggressively strong
Director
Sam Wanamaker
George Peppard
John Shay
Joan Collins
Sarah Booth
Judy Geeson
Polly Bendel
Oskar Homolka
Racovsky
Charles Gray
Vaughan Jones
Nigel Patrick
Colonel Scott
Keith Michell
Adam Booth
George Baker
Philip Crawford
Alexander Scourby
Prof. Parker
Peter Bull
Butterfield
Ernest Clark
Roper
Peter Dyneley
Balkov
Gisela Dali
Anna
Stefan Gryff
Shay Cell Group Surrvior
Steve Plytas
Poilce Inspector
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sam Wanamaker was better known as an actor—this was one of his few directing gigs, and he fought the studio over the downbeat ending.
Released during the collapse of British spy optimism post-Philby scandal, it captures the era's souring on glamorous espionage.
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