The Mackintosh man

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Movie
German title The Mackintosh man
Original title The MacKintosh Man
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1973
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director John Huston
script Walter Hill
production John Foreman
music Maurice Jarre
camera Oswald Morris
cut Russell Lloyd
occupation

The Mackintosh Man (Original title: The MacKintosh Man ) is a film by the director John Huston based on the novel Life sentence with return ticket (The Freedom Trap) by Desmond Bagley from 1973 .

action

Joseph Rearden, an agent of the British secret service, is caught in a diamond theft in London, which his boss MacKintosh and his assistant Mrs. Smith have arranged. In prison, Rearden is said to have contacted an escape organization to find out who is at the head of this group. This organization has taken too many captured spies out of the country. With the help of the group, he and a Soviet agent named Slade manage to escape. You are being held in a secret house in Ireland.

In London, MacKintosh informs his friend, MP Sir George Wheeler, of his plan. In truth, Wheeler is the head of the escape aid organization. Shortly afterwards, MacKintosh is run over by a car. Rearden is tortured, but manages to escape from the country house.

Rearden is now on his own and only Mrs. Smith, who turns out to be the daughter of MacKintosh, is of help to him. Together they go to Malta to put Wheeler there. Wheeler hid Slade on his yacht. Rearden calls the police, while Wheeler takes over Mrs. Smith. Reluctantly and unsuccessfully, the police searched the yacht. Rearden is able to flee again.

The exchange, safe conduct for Wheeler and Slade against the life of Mrs. Smith, takes place in a church. Rearden, after a moment's hesitation, agrees. But when Wheeler and Slade walk away, they are brutally shot by Mrs. Smith. Rearden and Mrs. Smith have nothing in common anymore. They go their separate ways.

criticism

" The Mackintosh man seems to have been made by a group of people who had no sympathy or understanding for spy films."

"Intelligently built and excitingly staged political thriller."

- International film lexicons

“With his gripping staging, the old master John Huston draws the viewer into a confusing puzzle game: one wrong track follows the next. You can only follow the story if you pay attention. A top-class political thriller based on a script by action specialist Walter Hill. "

- prisma.de

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Roger Ebert on Chicago Sun-Times (Engl.)
  2. The Mackintosh Man. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. prisma.de