Thriller

The MacKintosh Man

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

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...

Release Date : 1973-11-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Newman-Foreman CompanyWarner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Rearden

Original Name : Paul Newman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Smith

Original Name : Dominique Sanda

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sir George Wheeler

Original Name : James Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mackintosh

Original Name : Harry Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Slade

Original Name : Ian Bannen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Brown

Original Name : Michael Hordern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soames-Trevelyan

Original Name : Nigel Patrick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brunskill

Original Name : Peter Vaughan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Roland Culver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taafe

Original Name : Percy Herbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Summers

Original Name : Robert Lang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gerda

Original Name : Jenny Runacre

Gender : Female

Character Name : Buster

Original Name : John Bindon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prosecutor

Original Name : Hugh Manning

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maltese Police Commissioner

Original Name : Wolfe Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name : O'Donovan

Original Name : Noel Purcell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jervis

Original Name : Donald Webster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Palmer

Original Name : Keith Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Warder

Original Name : Niall MacGinnis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fisherman

Original Name : Eddie Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cox

Original Name : Shane Briant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Boyd

Original Name : Michael Poole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Postman

Original Name : Eric Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attendant

Original Name : Ronald Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salesman

Original Name : Antony Viccars

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young

Original Name : Dinny Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Danahoe

Original Name : Doug Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Motor Cyclist

Original Name : Jack Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Motor Cyclist

Original Name : Marc Boyle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madeleine

Original Name : Marcelle Castillo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Armed Guard

Original Name : Nosher Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dark Man

Original Name : Terence Plummer

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Guard

Original Name : Joe Cahill

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Guard

Original Name : Gerry Alexander

Gender : Female

Character Name : Old Man at Bus Stop

Original Name : John McDarby

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Fireman

Original Name : Donal McCann

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Garda

Original Name : Joe Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Countryman in Pub

Original Name : Seamus Healy

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Fireman

Original Name : Tom Irwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Garda

Original Name : Pascal Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pub Customer

Original Name : Steve Brennan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pub Customer

Original Name : Vernon Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pub Customer

Original Name : Brendan O'Duill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rollins (uncredited)

Original Name : Leo Genn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guest at Reception (uncredited)

Original Name : Clarissa Kaye-Mason

Gender : Female

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Spy Vs Spy. The Mackintosh Man is directed by John Huston and adapted to screenplay by Walter Hill and William Fairchild from The Freedom Trap written by Desmond Bagley. It stars Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, Ian Bannen, James Mason, Michael Horden and Harry Andrews. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by Oswald Morris. Spy shenanigans unbound as Newman plays Joseph Rearden, a hired agent for the British Intelligence who pulls a job on the orders of The Mackintosh Man (Andrews), and finds himself sent to prison for 20 years. But this is all part of a greater plan… A well performed and serviceable drama, if a bit of a let down come the final third. The most fun and intrigue comes about once Rearden enters prison and the initial part of plotting once he is broken out, then it sort of loses its way, trying to make a simple story more intricate than it is. There’s good mystery viewing to be found in working out the means and motives of the major players, and there’s no shortage of action and sizzle either as Rearden is thrust into a world of espionage and counter espionage. There’s a ream of suspicious accents to ignore and Jarre’s musical score tries to reach the heights of Anton Karas’ work on The Third Man, but fails and just comes off as a cheap repetitive attempt at a homage. More caper movie than intellectual thriller, it’s never less than watchable and the cast are good value for your time. 7/10