The Russia House (1990)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 4
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"Barley" Scott Blair (Sean Connery) is an alcoholic book editor from a bargain-basement publishing house in Great Britain who'd rather be drinking in Lisbon than attending a book dealers' show in Russia. So he's surprised when a CIA agent (Mac McDonald) pulls him from his boozy holiday. It seems that the CIA has through a book show intermediary received a package from a Russian book editor named Katya (Michelle Pfeiffer) containing amazingly detailed notebooks written by a cynical Russian
Dec 19, 1990 Wide
Dec 26, 2001
MGM Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Sean Connery
Barley Blair -
Michelle Pfeiffer
Katya -
Roy Scheider
Russell -
James Fox
Ned -
John Mahoney
Brady -
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Dante -
Ken Russell
Walter -
Michael Kitchen
Clive -
J.T. Walsh
Quinn -
David Threlfall
Wicklow -
Georgi Andzhaparidze
Yuri -
Eric Anzumonyin
Nasayan -
Jay Benedict
Spikey -
Martin Clunes
Brock -
Charlotte Cornwell
Charlotte -
Craig Crosbie
Technician -
Keith Edwards
Hoover -
Michael Fitzpatrick
Hoover -
Rob Freeman
Hoover -
Constantine Gregory
KGB Interviewer -
Denys Hawthorne
Paddy -
David Henry
Minister Whitehall -
Ellen Hurst
Anna -
Alexei Jawdokimov
Arkady -
Paul Jutkevich
Mischa -
Peter Knupffer
Sergey -
Mark Lamura
Todd -
Christopher Lawford
Larry -
Kate Lock
Jacky -
Blu Mankuma
Merv -
Peter Mariner
US Scientist -
Mac McDonald
Bob -
Ian McNeice
Merrydew -
Tuck Milligan
Stanley -
Gina Nikiforov
Russian Guest -
Vladek Nikiforov
Tout -
Nikolai Nikitin
Leningrad Police Office... -
Nikolai Pastukhov
Uncle Matvey -
Margot Pinvidic
Woman Interpreter -
Paul Rattee
Whitehall - Army Office... -
Sergei Reusenko
KGB Man -
George Roth
Cy -
David Ryall
Colonial Type -
Raisa Ryazanova
Russian Guest -
Jason Salkey
Johnny -
Vladimir Sidirov
Leningrad Police Office... -
Pavel Sirotin
Watcher -
Fyodor Smirnov
Watcher -
Colin Stinton
Henziger -
Elena Stroyeva
Anastasia -
Simon Templeman
Whitehall - Psychoanaly... -
David Timson
George -
Yegueshe Tsturvan
Flute Player -
Gennady Venov
Katya's Father -
Martin Wenner
Whitehall - Scientist -
Nicholas Woodeson
Niki Landau -
Daniel Wozniak
Zapadny -
Sasha Yatsko
Russian Writer -
Vladimir Zunetov
Dan -
Jack Raymond
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All Critics (23) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)
Smart and glossy, but it has too many sluggish moments to maintain its few high points.
Generally effective spy thriller with interesting cast
Sean Connery gives one of the best performances of his long career.
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