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Roger Ebert October 17, 1980. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Hopscotch" is a shaggy-dog thriller that never really thrills us very much, but leaves a nice feeling when it's over.
Mar 3, 2018 · Directed by Ronald Neame. With Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty and Herbert Lom.Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/48Pg2E2Blu-ray (Cri...
Synopsis. CIA agent Miles Kendig (Walter Matthau) has seen it all in his service with the agency. His many years as an agent has provided him with all the dirt there is, and now Kendig wants out. But it's not that easy and his incompetent chief (Ned Beatty) wants to ensure that all of those secrets never get out.
Hopscotch. Directed by Ronald Neame • 1980 • United States. Starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston. The inimitable comic team of Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson star in this nimble tale of international intrigue from master British filmmaker Ronald Neame.
Based on Brian Garfield’s best-selling novel, the blithe thriller centers on Miles Kendig (Matthau), a disillusioned retired CIA agent who, with the help of a chic and savvy Viennese widow (Jackson), threatens to publish his memoirs and expose the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world.
Hopscotch. R onald Neame’s Hopscotch has the distinction of being the only “feel-good” realistic spy film ever made. As the movie walks a fine line between serious drama and satirical comedy, and between topicality and escapism, it beguiles the viewer with its sophistication and complexity.
Hopscotch is a 1980 American comedy spy film, produced by Edie Landau and Ely A. Landau, directed by Ronald Neame, that stars Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, and Herbert Lom. The screenplay was written by Bryan Forbes and Brian Garfield, based on Garfield's 1975 novel of the same title.
