Topaz
by Alfred Hitchcock
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Actor: Dany Robin, Frederick Stafford, John Vernon, Karin Dor, Michel PiccoliDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
Cinematographer: Jack Hildyard
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Editor: William H. Ziegler
Producer: Herbert Coleman
Writer: Leon Uris
Writer: Samuel A. Taylor
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-20
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Topaz
Movie Review: Who's on first?
Summary: 4 Stars
As so many people are I'm a Hitchcock fan. For some reason I've never seen this movie before. What a treat to happen upon an old friend in new clothes! This movie is based on Leon Uris' Cold War/Bay of Pigs novel of the same name. Agents and double agents, people changing allegiances, no way to tell who's telling the truth or even why they're saying and doing things. The photography (as is almost always true with Hitchcock) is startling. He does an omniscient thing by photographing from above so often interspersed with his signature WAY too close up shots. I was most struck by the actor who played Deveraux. I haven't read Uris' book so I'm not sure what his intent was but there doesn't seem to be any one character who you feel completely sympathetic with so it was hard to feel fully `present'. Not one of Hitchcock's best movie but hey, it's still Hitchcock.
Summary of Topaz
The Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock brought a best-selling spy novel to the screen with riveting results in this spellbinding espionage thriller. John Forsythe stars as an American CIA agent who hires a French operative named Devereaux (Frederick Stafford) to go to Cuba and check out rumors of Russian missiles and a NATO spy called Topaz. In Havana Devereaux s investigation becomes dangerous leaving behind a wake of shaken governments murder betrayal and suicide. His mission complete Devereaux returns to France but as he moves in to expose the double agent the danger and the suspense builds to a heart-pounding conclusion in this lavish globe-trotting thriller.System Requirements:Running Time: 143 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC:?025192831423 Manufacturer No:?28314Alfred Hitchcock hadn't made a spy thriller since the 1930s, so his 1969 adaptation of Leon Uris's bestseller seemed like a curious choice for the director. But Hitchcock makes Uris's story of the West's investigation into the Soviet Union's dealings with Cuba his own. Frederick Stafford plays a French intelligence agent who works with his American counterpart (John Forsythe) to break up a Soviet spy ring. The film is a bit flat dramatically and visually, and there are sequences that seem to occupy Hitchcock's attention more than others. A minor work all around, with at least two alternative endings shot by Hitchcock. --Tom Keogh
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