United States / Jul 25, 1973 / PG / New York City, New York
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Peter Vaughan | Brunskill |
| Roland Culver | Judge |
| Percy Herbert | Taafe |
| Robert Lang | Jack Summers |
| Jenny Runacre | Gerda |
| John Bindon | Buster |
| Hugh Manning | Prosecutor |
| Wolfe Morris | Maltese Police Commissioner |
| Noel Purcell | O'Donovan |
| Donald Webster | Jervis |
| Keith Bell | Palmer |
| Niall MacGinnis | Warder |
| Eddie Byrne | Fisherman |
| Shane Briant | Cox |
| Michael Poole | Mr. Boyd |
| Eric Mason | Postman |
| Ronald Clarke | Attendant |
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| Antony Viccars | Salesman |
| Dinny Powell | Young |
| Doug Robinson | Danahoe |
| Jack Cooper | 1st Motor Cyclist |
| Marc Boyle | 2nd Motor Cyclist |
| Marcelle Castillo | Madeleine |
| Nosher Powell | Armed Guard |
| Terence Plummer | Dark Man |
| Joe Cahill | 1st Guard |
| Gerry Alexander | 2nd Guard |
| John McDarby | Old Man at Bus Stop |
| Donal McCann | 1st Fireman |
| Joe Lynch | 1st Garda |
| Seamus Healy | Countryman in Pub |
| Tom Irwin | 2nd Fireman |
| Pascal Perry | 2nd Garda |
| Steve Brennan | Pub Customer |
| Vernon Hayden | Pub Customer |
| Brendan O'Duill | Pub Customer |
| Leo Genn | Rollins (uncredited) |
| Clarissa Kaye-Mason | Guest at Reception (uncredited) |
| Richard Atherton | Court Official (uncredited) |
| Peter Brace | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Cyd Child | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Tim Condren | Inmate (uncredited) |
| George Lane Cooper | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Bill Cummings | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Roy Everson | Court Policeman (uncredited) |
| Harry Fielder | Convict (uncredited) |
| Richard Graydon | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Victor Harrington | Barrister (uncredited) |
| Walter Henry | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Billy Horrigan | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Barry Keegan | Pub Customer (uncredited) |
| Eric Kent | Inmate (uncredited) |
| George Leech | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Aileen Lewis | Member of Parliament (uncredited) |
| Dickey Luck | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Fred Machon | Court Policeman (uncredited) |
| Alf Mangan | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Paul Phillips | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Terry Richards | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Terry Sartain | Spectator in House of Commons (uncredited) |
| Fred Stroud | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| John Tatham | Court Recorder (uncredited) |
| Larry Taylor | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Joseph Tregonino | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Mickey Varey | Inmate (uncredited) |
| John Wilder | Member of Parliament (uncredited) |
| Fred Wood | Prisoner Working in Laundry (uncredited) |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The MacKintosh Man |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom, United States of America, Ireland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Newman-Foreman Company, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | 1 agosto 1973 |
| Executive producer | Paul Newman |
| Production | John Foreman, William Hill, John Huston, Arthur S. Newman Jr. |
| Writer | Walter Hill, Desmond Bagley, William Fairchild, Gerald Hanley, Gladys Hill, Alan Moorehead |
| Casting | Weston Drury Jr. |
| Editing | Russell Lloyd, Eunice Mountjoy |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris, Jimmy Turrell, Iain Coates, Tony Woodcock |
| Assistant directors | Michael Stevenson, Colin M. Brewer, Peter Cotton, Gary White, John Huston, Penny Daniels, M. James Arnett |
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Release dates
Premiere
Limited release
Italy / Nov 27, 2010 / Torino Film Festival
Netherlands / Jan 26, 2019 / 18 / International Film Festival Rotterdam
Theatrical release
Canada / Aug 01, 1973 / PG
Italy / Oct 26, 1973 / T
United Kingdom / Nov 08, 1973 / PG
Germany / Nov 09, 1973
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Finland / Nov 16, 1973 / K-16
Sweden / Nov 19, 1973 / 15
Spain / Jan 16, 1974 / 18
Japan / Feb 09, 1974
Denmark / Feb 27, 1974
Australia / Mar 01, 1974 / M
France / Apr 17, 1974 / TP
Argentina / Sep 12, 1974 / +16
Mexico / Oct 10, 1974
Digital
Czechia / Nov 20, 2006 / 12+
Physical media
Hungary / Nov 25, 1989 / VHS
United States / Nov 14, 2006 / DVD
Spain / Dec 05, 2006 / 12 / DVD
Greece / Jan 29, 2007 / DVD
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Singapore / Feb 21, 2022 / DVD
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