O Xeque Mate

Título original: The Jigsaw Man

1983
PG
1 h 34 min

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5,1/10

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Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Susan George, and Anthony Dawson in O Xeque Mate (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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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaAn 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.

Direção
- Terence Young
Roteiristas
- Dorothea Bennett
- Jo Eisinger
Artistas

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AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb

5,1/10

2,1 mil

SUA AVALIAÇÃO

Direção
- Terence Young
Roteiristas
- Dorothea Bennett
- Jo Eisinger
Artistas

Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro

Curiosidades
Filming shut down when the production ran out of money. Enough money was eventually raised to finish the movie, but on a reduced scale.

Erros de gravação
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.

Citações
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.

Conexões
Featured in Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies (2014)

Trilhas sonoras
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.

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5/10

Dull spy thriller is saved by its stars.

The direction is antiquated (long, boring conversations between two people in underlit offices, as the camera switches from a close-up of one person to a close-up of the other, and so on), and the script is confusing (though it clears up a bit on the second viewing). However, the film is saved EXCLUSIVELY by its cast, and especially by the star chemistry between Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier; the few scenes they share together are the best in the film. Caine pulls off a terrific Russian accent, too. (**)