Rent Frederick Forsyth: The Price of the Bride (1990)
3.3 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 38min
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- Synopsis:
- In the new era of the Glasnost, Soviet armed forces train with British forces on a Nato exercise. Colonel Orlove, top K.G.B. man, is determined to defect and escapes in the guise of a British soldier. With British and Soviet intelligence after him, he chooses to side with the Americans and offers some compromising revelations about his former employers. But is he telling the truth? Sam McCready, top S.I.S. agent specialising in the Soviets, has his doubts...
- Actors:
- Mike Farrell, Peter Egan, Robert Foxworth, Diana Quick, Alan Howard, David Healy, Bruno Dietrich, Don Fellows, Ron Berglas, Colin Bruce, Michael Eaves, Clyde Gatell, Gay Baynes, Heather James, Sarah Rhoades, Timothy Block, Michael Godley, Frederick Forsyth, Cliff Taylor
- Directors:
- Tom Clegg
- Producers:
- Frederick Muller
- Writers:
- Frederick Forsyth, Murray Smith
- Studio:
- ITV
- Genres:
- Thrillers
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Tiring - Frederick Forsyth: The Price of the Bride review by SB
This tale of how cold-war espionage continues under 'Glasnost' has a somewhat unlikely opening scenario, but then settles down to a very wordy puzzle over who is deceiving whom out of the UK, USSR and USA intelligence services. Well, of course they are all deceiving each other, but perhaps the issue is really which will will end up with their real objective achieved.
Be prepared to either pay a lot of attention or go to sleep. It's a bit unfortunate to see Diana Quick struggling with lines she clearly has no belief in, and some other good actors give an impression of having a heavy time of it. Alan Howard's crumpled cynic reappears but is even more puzzling than usual. But if you like this sort of stuff, it may be worth watching once. Set mainly in London and the US (the 'Moscow' scene plainly shot in London).
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