The Jigsaw Man

1983
PG
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

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

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IMDb RATING

5.1/10

2.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Terence Young
Writers
- Dorothea Bennett
- Jo Eisinger
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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.

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Featured review

4/10

Boring routine movie

Michael Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier are involved in this routine movie (probably rent was due and the fellows were late on payment) which is completely useless. A former British spy who betrayed his own country is sent back from Russia on a mission. But suddenly (well, not so suddenly) the story twists to an unexpected (well, not so unexpected) ending. No actor seems to be interested in what is happening and the Italian dub (above all Olivier) is rather poor. The plot makes little sense and . If you look for a spy movie with Michael Caine, watch "The Ipcress File" or "The fourth protocol",instead. They would be a very much better choice.