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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
George Axelrod (writer)
Richard Burridge (additional material)
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Release Date:
28 August 1987 (USA) more
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Tagline:
If the Fourth Protocol is ever breached, there would be no warning, just a nuclear explosion from a bedsitter...The unthinkable has just begun...
Plot:
KGB agent, Major Valeri Petrofsky has been reassigned at the request of the KGB Chairman for a secret mission... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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great film more (25 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Caine ... John Preston

Pierce Brosnan ... Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross

Ned Beatty ... Borisov / Pavel Petrovic

Joanna Cassidy ... Irina Vassilievna
Julian Glover ... Brian Harcourt-Smith
Michael Gough ... Sir Bernard Hemmings
Ray McAnally ... General Karpov
Ian Richardson ... Sir Nigel Irvine
Anton Rodgers ... George Berenson
Caroline Blakiston ... Angela Berenson
Joseph Brady ... Carmichael
Betsy Brantley ... Eileen McWhirter
Sean Chapman ... Captain Lyndhurst
Matt Frewer ... Tom McWhirter
Jerry Harte ... Professor Krilov
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Runtime:
119 min
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The radio presenter, reading the news broadcast that Valeri Petrofsky (Pierce Brosnan) is listening to for information, is Frederick Forsyth. more
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Continuity: As the van pulls out of the traffic it has no number plate, then as it rides down the hill a smashed one is visible on the front bumper. more
Quotes:
[Petrovsky is engaged in a drinking game with McWhirter]
Tom McWhirter: [holding up his vodka] Nastrovia! That's Russky for UP YOURS!
Valeri Petrofsky: [holding up his vodka, and pronouncing it slightly better!] Na zdoróvye.
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References "The Muppet Show" (1976) more

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20 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
great film, 2 June 2005
8/10
Author: bobstruckyard from United Kingdom

some comments on this film have stated that there are unnecessary killings of agents or witnesses, this is done to show the politics of the film and how there must be no trace back to those who planned the operation, whilst also portraying that petrofsky is a lethal killer, and as Caine says in the film "the best". A great story, and very believable, spies that remain hidden from each other and no excruciating scene where the bad guy reveals his plot to the good guy. Would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the operation had turned out differently, or the ending for that matter!

Of course one of the best things about this film is the acting as previously stated by other people. Caine brings his character to life and is very believable in the role of John Preston, the agent who cares, and will "bend" the rules to make sure things get down. Brosnan is similarly good, his character will stop at nothing to complete his mission, he is a stone cold killer and this is portrayed well, he doesn't let anything get in the way of the mission.

All in all a very good little film, much better than some of the tripe we get from Hollywood and with one of the finest British casts i've seen in some time.

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