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*''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film, "a TEPID, square-cut espionage drama."<ref>{{cite web|author=Howard Thompson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9501E3DD173DE13ABC4851DFBE66838F679EDE |title=Movie Review - Master Spy - Master Spy' at Local Theaters | |
*''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film, "a TEPID, square-cut espionage drama."<ref>{{cite web|author=Howard Thompson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9501E3DD173DE13ABC4851DFBE66838F679EDE |title=Movie Review - Master Spy - Master Spy' at Local Theaters |work=NYTimes.com |date=1964-08-20 |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> |
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*[[AllMovie]] wrote, "While only 71 minutes, Master Spy has enough plot twists for a library-full of [[Ian Fleming|Fleming]] and [[John le Carré|LeCarre]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/master-spy-v101875 |title=Master Spy (1964) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> |
*[[AllMovie]] wrote, "While only 71 minutes, Master Spy has enough plot twists for a library-full of [[Ian Fleming|Fleming]] and [[John le Carré|LeCarre]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/master-spy-v101875 |title=Master Spy (1964) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:50, 26 October 2020
| Master Spy | |
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| Directed by | Montgomery Tully |
| Screenplay by | Maurice J. Wilson Montgomery Tully |
| Based on | They Also Serve by Gerald Anstruther and Paul White |
| Produced by | Maurice J. Wilson |
| Starring | Stephen Murray June Thorburn Alan Wheatley John Carson |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Music by | Ken Thorne |
Production company | Eternal Films |
| Distributed by | Grand National Pictures (UK) |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Master Spy is a 1963 British spy film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Stephen Murray, June Thorburn and Alan Wheatley.[1]
Plot
Scientist Boris Turganev (Murray) defects from an unnamed Communist country and goes to a top secret establishment to work for the British - but what exactly is that mission?
Partial cast
- Stephen Murray as Boris Turganev
- June Thorburn as Leila
- Alan Wheatley as Paul Skelton
- John Carson as Richard Colman
- John Bown as John Baxter
- Jack Watson as Captain Foster
- Ernest Clark as Doctor Pembury
- Peter Gilmore as Tom Masters
- Marne Maitland as Doctor Asafu
- Ellen Pollock as Doctor Morrell
- Hugh Morton as Sir Gilbert Saunders
- Basil Dignam as Richard Horton
- Victor Beaumont as Petrov
- Hamilton Dyce as Airport Controller
- Michael Peake as Barnes
- Derek Francis as Police Inspector (uncredited)
Critical reception
- The New York Times called the film, "a TEPID, square-cut espionage drama."[2]
- AllMovie wrote, "While only 71 minutes, Master Spy has enough plot twists for a library-full of Fleming and LeCarre."[3]
References
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | MASTER SPY (1962)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ Howard Thompson (20 August 1964). "Movie Review - Master Spy - Master Spy' at Local Theaters". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Master Spy (1964) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
External links
- Master Spy at IMDb
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