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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
All Critics (23) | Top Critics (8) | 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.
Uneven yet taut thriller as a Brit publisher/ bon vivant gets drawn into the spy game with, duh, a beautiful woman. Connery and Pfeiffer manage to sell this with the able assistance of a first rate supporting cast. Mucho Russian scenery makes for a interesting mini-vacation overseas.
July 19, 2011Super Reviewer
He took a chance because he had nothing to lose, she took a chance because she had everything to gain.
December 15, 2009
Super Reviewer
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