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DramaRomanceThriller

The Tamarind Seed

- The Tamarind Seed . . . where love grows and passion flowers.

During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.

Release Date : 1974-07-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Lorimar ProductionsJewel ProductionsAVCO Embassy PicturesITC Entertainment

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Julie Andrews

Character Name : Judith Farrow

Original Name : Julie Andrews

Gender : Female

Omar Sharif

Character Name : Feodor Sverdlov

Original Name : Omar Sharif

Gender : Male

Anthony Quayle

Character Name : Jack Loder

Original Name : Anthony Quayle

Gender : Male

Dan O'Herlihy

Character Name : Fergus Stephenson

Original Name : Dan O'Herlihy

Gender : Male

Sylvia Syms

Character Name : Margaret Stephenson

Original Name : Sylvia Syms

Gender : Female

Oskar Homolka

Character Name : General Golitsyn

Original Name : Oskar Homolka

Gender : Male

Bryan Marshall

Character Name : George MacLeod

Original Name : Bryan Marshall

Gender : Male

David Baron

Character Name : Richard Paterson

Original Name : David Baron

Gender : Male

Celia Bannerman

Character Name : Rachel Paterson

Original Name : Celia Bannerman

Gender : Female

Roger Dann

Character Name : Colonel Moreau

Original Name : Roger Dann

Gender : Male

Sharon Duce

Character Name : Sandy Mitchell

Original Name : Sharon Duce

Gender : Female

George Mikell

Character Name : Major Stukalov

Original Name : George Mikell

Gender : Male

Kate O'Mara

Character Name : Anna Skriabina

Original Name : Kate O'Mara

Gender : Female

Constantine Gregory

Character Name : Dimitri Memenov

Original Name : Constantine Gregory

Gender : Male

John Sullivan

Character Name : 1st KGB Agent

Original Name : John Sullivan

Gender : Male

Terence Plummer

Character Name : 2nd KGB Agent

Original Name : Terence Plummer

Gender : Male

Leslie Crawford

Character Name : 3rd KGB Agent

Original Name : Leslie Crawford

Gender : Male

Alexei Jawdokimov

Character Name : Igor Kalinin

Original Name : Alexei Jawdokimov

Gender : Male

Janet Henfrey

Character Name : Embassy Section Head

Original Name : Janet Henfrey

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-27

From the very first few bars of the opening John Barry theme and the obvious Maurice Binder titles, you could be forgiven for thinking you were about to watch a "Bond" movie... However, what we are presented with is an overly-complicated espionage drama that could very easily trip over it's own feet. A charming and debonaire Omar Sharif is taking a holiday on Barbados where he makes friends with fellow holiday-maker Julie Andrews. As luck would have it - he is a top level Soviet spy and she works for a top UK Home Office civil servant. Anthony Quayle is the British Spymaster convinced he is trying to turn her; Oskar Homolka the Soviet general convinced the contrary in on the cards. Well, it takes quite a long 2 hours of this rather plodding romantic thriller for us to find out which... The last 15 minutes are quite unpredictable, and the cast are all proficient enough - especially a rather untypical role from Sylvia Syms - but the story is just over-padded-out, I'm afraid.