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1972
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The Mackintosh Man. Action. 98 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1973. Roger Ebert. August 15, 1973. 3 min read. John Huston ’s “The Mackintosh Man” is perhaps the first anti-spy movie, in the sense that there have already been anti-Westerns and anti-gangster movies. But it isn’t anti in the same spirit.
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British secret agent Joseph Reardon (Paul Newman) poses as a convicted jewel thief to infiltrate a secret organization and gather information on the group's leader, Sir George Wheeler.
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- John Huston
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- Paul Newman
Jul 25, 2018 · The Mackintosh Man, produced by John Foreman and directed by John Huston, is a good genre film in the ice cold vein of The Maltese Falcon. It isn’t nearly as rich nor fine as that early Huston ...
The Mackintosh Man is a 1973 Cold War spy film directed by John Huston from a screenplay by Walter Hill, based on the novel The Freedom Trap by English author Desmond Bagley. [5] Paul Newman stars as Joseph Rearden, a jewel thief-turned-intelligence operative, sent to infiltrate a Soviet spy ring in England, by helping one of their agents break ...
The legendary John Huston directs this engaging thriller starring the iconic actor Paul Newman. Newman is aces as a more antiheroic character than one might expect. Rearden (Newman) is a man hired by Mr. MacKintosh (Harry Andrews) to steal diamonds being sent through the mail.
The MacKintosh Man: Directed by John Huston. With Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews. 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.
A good genre film in the ice cold vein of The Maltese Falcon. It isn't nearly as rich nor fine as that early Huston classic but tells an interesting story with a sure sense of atmosphere,...
