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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. 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 out ...
Nov 8, 1973 · A British agent (Paul Newman) poses as a criminal to infiltrate a spy ring and expose a traitor in this thriller directed by John Huston. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
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- Thriller
- John Huston
- 1973-11-08
The Mackintosh Man. PG 1973 1h 38m Mystery & Thriller. List. 58% Tomatometer 12 Reviews. 44% Audience Score 500+ Ratings. British secret agent Joseph Reardon (Paul Newman) poses as a...
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- John Huston
- PG
- Paul Newman
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...
- John Huston
- PG
- 12
A British Intelligence agent poses as a criminal to infiltrate a spy ring and expose a traitor in this thriller starring Paul Newman and Dominique Sanda. The plot summary provides details of the operation, the twists and the cast of the film.
Roger Ebert pans John Huston's spy thriller as a messy and uninteresting rip-off. He criticizes the sloppy plot, the lack of romance, and the cheating of the audience.
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