The Tenth Man (1988)
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51% of users liked it
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Anthony Hopkins stars in this glossy TV adaptation of Graham Greene's The Tenth Man. The scene is Paris, during the Nazi occupation. Hopkins plays a French lawyer who is sentenced to be executed as a reprisal for the activities of the Resistance. To escape the firing squad, Hopkins arranges for… More Anthony Hopkins stars in this glossy TV adaptation of Graham Greene's The Tenth Man. The scene is Paris, during the Nazi occupation. Hopkins plays a French lawyer who is sentenced to be executed as a reprisal for the activities of the Resistance. To escape the firing squad, Hopkins arranges for another man to take his place. That man, played by Timothy Wilson, is an embittered soul with no desire to go on living. As part of his bargain with Hopkins, Wilson wills Hopkins' estate to his own heirs. At war's end, Hopkins, travelling incognito, takes a gardener's job at the estate he once owned. He gradually falls in love with Wilson's sister Kristin Scott Thomas. And then total stranger Derek Jacobi shows up--claiming to be the long-lost Hopkins! Produced in Britain by veteran TV-movie maven David Rosemont, The Tenth Man was first offered December 4, 1988, as a Hallmark Hall of Fame special. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jack Gold
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Television
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 4, 1988 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Christopher Lloyd, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
The acting is splendid, it has a dour, sober quality and boasts an authentic period feel. Sort of "Masterpiece Theatre" meets Dostoevsky.
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Cast
- Geoffrey Bayldon
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Brenda Bruce
as Therese's Mother
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Cyril Cusack
as The Priest
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Derek Jacobi
as The Imposter
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Peter Jonfield
as Roche
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Paul Rogers
as Breton
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Kristin Scott Thomas
as Therese
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Anthony Hopkins
as Chavel
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Michael Attwell
as Krogh
