Hopscotch

Hopscotch

1980 · 104 min · EN · R · 7.0 (129 votes)
Dir. Ronald Neame · Starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom, David Matthau · Music Ian Fraser

The most dangerous man in the world. He's about to expose the CIA, the FBI, the KGB ... and himself.

ComedyAdventure

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

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A dizzying, globe-trotting romp through the absurdities of espionage. It's a cynical, weary, and hilariously chaotic look at the spy game, where every move is a punchline and retirement is just the beginning of the real mission.

cynicalwittychaoticabsurdistwearyfreneticspy-fisatiricalanti-establishmentglobal adventureespionagebureaucracydisillusionmentmemoir
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