The MacKintosh Man (1973)
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50% of critics liked it
(8 reviews) -
43% of users liked it
(887 ratings)
John Huston directed this cold war spy thriller (from a script by Walter Hill) concerning a British agent trying infiltrate the organization of a nefarious communist spy. Paul Newman is Joseph Reardon, a British secret agent commissioned by Mackintosh (Harry Andrews) to impersonate a jewel thief.… More John Huston directed this cold war spy thriller (from a script by Walter Hill) concerning a British agent trying infiltrate the organization of a nefarious communist spy. Paul Newman is Joseph Reardon, a British secret agent commissioned by Mackintosh (Harry Andrews) to impersonate a jewel thief. When the police are tipped off about his diamond robbery, Reardon is arrested and shipped off to a high-security prison. At the prison, he meets a convicted Russian spy and the two are involved in a prison break, arranged by a mysterious group called the Scarperers. After the successful breakout, Reardon finds himself drugged and sent to Ireland. It turns out that the escapade was organized by Mackintosh in the hopes Reardon could infiltrate the Scarperers and gather information on the group's leader, Sir George Wheeler (James Mason), and prove him to be a Russian spy. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Huston
- Written By
- Walter Hill, Desmond Bagley
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jul 25, 1973 Limited
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
There's a whole lot of nothing going on here.
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, Time Out
Reasonably entertaining old-fashioned thriller.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
The screenplay by Walter Hill... has very little to do with character and motivation and everything to do with the incidents and the mechanics of the spy trade.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is irritating in its refusal to make things clear; if spy movies are going to work like clockwork, they have to be put together with some care.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
This is by no means a bad film, but it should have been better considering the names involved.
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Cast
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Paul Newman
as Reardon
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Dominique Sanda
as Mrs. Smith
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James Mason
as Sir George Wheeler
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Harry Andrews
as Mackintosh
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Ian Bannen
as Slade
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Michael Hordern
as Brown
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Keith Bell
as Palmer
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John Bindon
as Buster
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Shane Briant
as Cox
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Eddie Byrne
as Fisherman
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Roland Culver
as Judge
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Leo Genn
as Rollins
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Percy Herbert
as Taafe
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Robert Lang
as Jack Summers
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Joe Lynch
as 1st Garda
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Niall MacGinnis
as Warder
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Hugh Manning
as Prosecutor
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Eric Mason
as Postman
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Donal McCann
as 1st Fireman
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Wolfe Morris
as Malta Police Commissioner
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Dinny Powell
as Young
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Noel Purcell
as O'Donovan
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Jenny Runacre
as Gerda
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Peter Vaughan
as Brunskill
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Donald Webster
as Jervis
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Marc Boyle
as 2nd Motorcyclist
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Nigel Patrick
as Soames-Trevelyan
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Nosher Powell
as Army Guard
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Ronald Clarke
as Attendant
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Gerry Alexander
as 2nd Guard
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Douglas Robinson
as Danahoe
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Joe Cahill
as 1st Guard
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Terry Plummer
as Dark Man
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Jack Cooper
as lst Motorcyclist
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Tom Irwin
as 2nd Fireman
