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Film / 1983
The Jigsaw Man
Directed by
Terence Young
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
The story
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
Cast
Michael CainePhilip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky
Laurence OlivierAdm. Sir Gerald Scaith
Susan GeorgePenelope Kimberley / Annabelle Kimberley
Robert PowellJamie Fraser
Charles GraySir James Chorley
Morteza KazerouniBoris Medvachian
Michael MedwinMilroy
Eric SevareidHimself
Sabine SunDr. Zilenka
David KellyCameron
Patrick DawsonGinger
Vladek SheybalGen. Zorin
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Peter BurtonDouglas Ransom
Maggie RennieMrs. Ransom
Richard AylenOlder Kimberley
Anthony Pullen ShawMatthews
Maureen BennettSusan
Anthony DawsonVicar
Peggy MarshallPolly
John Franklyn-RobbinsEnglish doctor
Thomas HeathcoteGamekeeper
Matthew ScurfieldKGB man #1
Robert AustinKGB man #2
Jana SheldenAir hostess
Peter HutchinsConnolly
Yuri BorienkoRussian trainer
Bill ShineCommissionaire
David AllisterSgt. Lloyd
Jennifer JayneNurse
Ian MastersSpecial Branch Man
Richard BorthwickPoliceman
Owen BrenmanPoliceman
Maurice ThorogoodPoliceman
Nuala BarrieLady in Church
P.G. StephensScaith's Driver
Nigel HumphreysPetrol Attendant
Guy StandevenAlbert, The Club Steward (uncredited)
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