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The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

Only MacKintosh can save them now - and MacKintosh is dead!

19736.11h 39m

Overview

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...

Directed by John Huston
Written by Walter Hill, Desmond Bagley, William Fairchild
Produced by John Foreman, John Huston, Arthur S. Newman Jr.
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Top Cast

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Rearden

Dominique Sanda

Dominique Sanda

Mrs. Smith

James Mason

James Mason

Sir George Wheeler

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Mackintosh

Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen

Slade

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Mr. Brown

Nigel Patrick

Nigel Patrick

Soames-Trevelyan

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Brunskill

Roland Culver

Roland Culver

Judge

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Taafe

Themes & Keywords

spy

About The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man is a thriller film released in 1973 exploring themes of spy. Directed by John Huston, it stars Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason. 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...

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