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Hopscotch

Hopscotch

The most dangerous man in the world. He's about to expose the CIA, the FBI, the KGB ... and himself.

19807.01h 44m

Overview

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

Directed by Ronald Neame
Written by Brian Garfield, Bryan Forbes
Produced by Edie Landau, Ely A. Landau
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Top Cast

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Miles Kendig

Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson

Isobel

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Jack Cutter

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Myerson

Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom

Yaskov

David Matthau

David Matthau

Ross

George Baker

George Baker

Westlake

Ivor Roberts

Ivor Roberts

Ludlum

Lucy Saroyan

Lucy Saroyan

Carla

Severn Darden

Severn Darden

Maddox

Themes & Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)based on novel or bookenglandgermanyspyfbikgbaustriaretirement

About Hopscotch

Hopscotch is a comedy, adventure film released in 1980 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), based on novel or book, england, germany, spy, fbi. Directed by Ronald Neame, it stars Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston. When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

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