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The Jigsaw Man

  • 1983
  • PG
  • 1h 34m
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5.1/10
2.2K
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Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Susan George, and Anthony Dawson in The Jigsaw Man (1983)
An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.
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An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.

  • Director
    • Terence Young
  • Writers
    • Dorothea Bennett
    • Jo Eisinger
  • Stars
    • Michael Caine
    • Laurence Olivier
    • Susan George
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Terence Young
    • Writers
      • Dorothea Bennett
      • Jo Eisinger
    • Stars
      • Michael Caine
      • Laurence Olivier
      • Susan George
    • 41User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Michael Caine
    Michael Caine
    • Philip Kimberley…
    Laurence Olivier
    Laurence Olivier
    • Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
    Susan George
    Susan George
    • Penelope Kimberley…
    Robert Powell
    Robert Powell
    • Jamie Fraser
    Charles Gray
    Charles Gray
    • Sir James Chorley
    Morteza Kazerouni
    • Boris Medvachian
    Michael Medwin
    Michael Medwin
    • Milroy
    Eric Sevareid
    Eric Sevareid
    • Self
    Sabine Sun
    Sabine Sun
    • Dr. Zilenka
    David Kelly
    David Kelly
    • Cameron
    Patrick Dawson
    • Ginger
    Vladek Sheybal
    Vladek Sheybal
    • Gen. Zorin
    Peter Burton
    Peter Burton
    • Douglas Ransom
    Maggie Rennie
    • Mrs. Ransom
    Richard Aylen
    • Older Kimberley
    Anthony Pullen Shaw
    • Matthews
    Maureen Bennett
    • Susan
    Anthony Dawson
    Anthony Dawson
    • Vicar
    • Director
      • Terence Young
    • Writers
      • Dorothea Bennett
      • Jo Eisinger
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Filming shut down when the production ran out of money. Enough money was eventually raised to finish the movie, but on a reduced scale.
    • Goofs
      During the early part of the movie (time stamp 3:19) a three vehicle convoy drive to a gate where in the background there is a parked military vehicle. But it is not Soviet made vehicle but belonging to the Swedish Army. It is Volvo C300/ L3314 series off-road 4-wheel light truck mainly used by the Swedish Army. It was sold to Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Norway. Finnish Army had also some trucks. It was never sold to Russia and was never in use there.
    • Quotes

      Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith: [On the legalisation of homosexuality] Only sensible law we've made in England this century. Consenting adults. Would have saved Vassall and Maclean. And Burgess too of course, not that I think he wouldn't have done it with a hedgehog.

    • Connections
      Featured in Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Only You And I
      Music by Georges Garvarentz
      Lyrics by Labi Siffre, Scott English
      Sung by Dionne Warwick
      Produced by Bob Gaudio
      Rhythm arrangement by Jeremy Lubbock and Bob Gaudio
      String & horn arrangement by Jeremy Lubbock
      Recorded by Paul Lani and Rick Ruggieri
      Mixed by Ron Hitchcock
      Producers assistant: Marla Miller
      Recorded at Sound Lab Studios, Los Angeles, California
      Song & theme published by P.G.G.

    User reviews41

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    7/10

    Philip Kimberly or Kim Philby?

    I had seen a documentary about espionage a couple of weeks before seeing this film on TV by chance and i found it simply amusing. The parallels between the film character Philip Kimberly and Kim Philby of real life are too many for this to be just a coincidence (not to mention the name of the film character which seems itself to be some anagram of Kim Philby).

    All in all this is a nice film if you like espionage with a little comedy on the side. As for the comment of the other reviewer about the film being hard to follow: i didn't think it was THAT hard to follow. Besides, this being an espionage movie, if it wasn't a teensy bit hard to follow what would be the fun in it?
    • vasc
    • Apr 13, 2001
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    • Release date
      • November 11, 1983 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Das Spiel des Überläufers
    • Filming locations
      • Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(chemist)
    • Production companies
      • Evangrove
      • Nitemeg
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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