A Dandy in Aspic
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A Dandy in Aspic | |
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Directed by | Anthony Mann |
Produced by | Anthony Mann |
Written by | Derek Marlowe |
Starring | Laurence Harvey Tom Courtenay Mia Farrow Peter Cook Harry Andrews |
Music by | Quincy Jones |
Release date(s) | 1968 |
Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | UK |
Language | English |
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A Dandy in Aspic is a 1968 spy film, directed by Anthony Mann, based on a novel of the same name by Derek Marlowe and starring Laurence Harvey.
Essentially a Cold War thriller, it is the story of a Russian counter-espionage agent, known as Eberlin to his employers in British Intelligence, where he is working undercover for Moscow as a double agent. His superiors in Britain instruct him to find and assassinate a KGB agent named Krasnevin, believed to have killed a number of British agents.
This presents a problem for Eberlin, as he is Krasnevin.
Tom Courtenay appears as the ruthless and cynical British agent Gatiss, who openly distrusts and dislikes Eberlin. Mia Farrow plays a London-based photographer with whom Eberlin has an affair.
This was Anthony Mann's final film; he died before it was finished. Its direction was completed by Harvey.
The film is also notable for an appearance by Peter Cook, at a time when his TV career was at a peak, in a minor role as the foppish but libidinous British agent, Prentiss.