The Whistle Blower
by Simon Langton
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Actor: Felicity Dean, James Fox, John Gielgud, Michael Caine, Nigel HaversDirector: Simon Langton
Producer: Geoffrey Reeve
Producer: Jim Reeve
Producer: John Kelleher
Producer: Peter Dolman
Producer: Philip Nugus
Writer: John Hale
Writer: Julian Bond
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-12-03
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Whistle Blower
Movie Review: Cold war based British espionage drama
Summary: 4 Stars
Micheal Caine plays Frank Jones a decorated ex-British Navy veteran and now businessman. His beloved son Bob played by Nigel Havers is a Russian linguist working for the British Secret Service before the days of detente. He tells Caine that he suspects some strange things are happening in his agency, that he would like to expose.
The Secret Service suspicious of Havers has been bugging his conversations and ultimately liquidate him, covering up his death. Caine, unsatisfied with the official declaration of an accidental death, commences his own investigation.
He eventually is lead to John Gielgud playing high ranking politician Sir Adrian Chapple who acting as a Russian mole, has been feeding them sensitive bits of intelligence for years.
With a distinctly British flavor, "The Whistle Blower" is an above average vintage Cold War drama that uses at it's conclusion the incredible pagaentry of a monarchy sponsored parade filmed in the streets of London.
Summary of The Whistle Blower
Oscar? winner* Michael Caine gives a riveting performance (The Hollywood Reporter) as an ordinary man caught in a web of corruption and murder in a gripping, tautly handled [and]highly charged (Variety) espionage thriller. James Fox, Nigel Havers, Felicity Dean and SirJohn Gielgud co-star in this 'suspenseful and intelligent (The Wall Street Journal) political drama that will keep you guessing until the very last frame. English patriot and army vet Frank (Caine) is only mildly concerned when his son Bob, who works for the British Secret Service, says dirty dealings are afoot at the agency. But then Bob is murdered under mysterious circumstances. And Frank's inquiries thrust him in the middle of a rat's nest of government deceit that reaches up through the ranks to a traitorous spy (Gielgud) whose secret could now cost Frank his own life as well!*1999: Supporting Actor, The Cider House Rules; 1986: Supporting Actor, Hannah and Her SistersIn this 1987 espionage thriller, Michael Caine is Frank Jones, a businessman and patriotic war veteran whose son Bob (Nigel Havers) is a Russian linguist who works at the intelligence-gathering Government Communications Headquarters. A few days after Bob expresses doubts to his father about aspects of his work, police report to Frank that his son has died in a fall, and a verdict of accidental death is recorded. However, in the midst of his grief, Frank is puzzled by the circumstances of his son's death and decides to conduct his own investigation. In so doing he finds himself pitted against an utterly unscrupulous Secret Service prepared to stop at nothing, including murder, to cover up their operations. Set during a time when concerns about GCHQ were at their height and the Cold War had yet to thaw, many of the film's concerns seem, years subsequently, to be thankfully dated. Moreover, it's hard to believe that the bumbling British Secret Service would actually be capable of organizing a convivial soiree in a brewery, let alone orchestrating the sort of skullduggery they perpetrate here. Still, with a cast that features all the usual British suspects (Sir John Gielgud, James Fox, Gordon Jackson), there's no doubting the pedigree of The Whistle Blower, which, despite its ostensibly uncomfortable message, actually makes for very agreeable comfort viewing. --David Stubbs
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