A remarkable film, long forgotten and overlooked, usually remembered these days for featuring a young Anthony Hopkins. And while he's great, this film belongs to Christopher Jones, the young, unfortunate American actor who would abruptly disappear from films soon after this film was released.The Le Carre novel is quite
different in certain plot points, particularly the main character of the Pole sent back to Germany to spy, but it's a testament to the wonderful work of the writer-director Frank Pierson who, though changing some fundamentals of the novel, managed to still make a faithful adaptation. In spirit, it's the same story as Le Carre's despite it's differences.Love this film. One of the best spy films of the era, up there with "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" for me.
February 7, 2009
