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Hopscotch (1980)

Director: Ronald Neame

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From Time Out Film Guide

Despite the equal star billing, this is not another comic two-hander following up House Calls in pitting the misanthropic slobbishness of Matthau against the elegant bitchery of Jackson. Really it's a solo vehicle for Matthau as a CIA operative who, disciplined by demotion to a desk job, takes his revenge through an elaborate practical joke: mysteriously disappearing, he starts mailing - with the order soon out that he has got to be stopped - chapter by chapter instalments of his memoirs (with the promise of revelations to come) to intelligence agencies in the world's capitals. Less weakly scripted and directed, less reliant on globetrotting locations and technological hardware, it could have become a worthy successor to Charley Varrick; as it is, Matthau just about carries it. But only just.

Author: RM 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • Anne said...
    Posted on Apr 16 2008 20:27 What a great film! Funny, witty & great to see the Underdog win for a change. Loved the house rental. Walter Mattau at his loveable self, enjoying the chase. Hurrah!
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Cast & crew

Director: Ronald Neame

Producer: Edie Landau, Ely Landau

Cast: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Herbert Lom, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, George Baker, David Matthau, Ivor Roberts full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 107 mins


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