Hopscotch

"The most dangerous man in the world. He's about to expose the CIA, the FBI, the KGB ... and himself."

Oct 10 1980 R 1h 46m
Adventure, Comedy

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

Plot

CIA agent Miles Kendig decides to get out of 'the game' and to ensure he's left alone he threatens to send his memoirs to the world's intelligence agencies. When the CIA doesn't believe him, he calls their bluff and starts writing and sending out chapters one by one. Realizing that their operations would be compromised, the CIA (led by Myerson and Cutter) set out to put an end to Kendig's plan by whatever means necessary. The heart of the movie follows a game of cat and mouse between a fumbling CIA and an artful Kendig.

Written by

Brian Garfield, Bryan Forbes

Directed by

Ronald Neame

Cast

Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Edie & Ely Landau Inc., Connelly Associates, Embassy Pictures

Languages

Deutsch, Français, English

Awards

3 nominations

Trailers
Hopscotch (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Scores
# of Votes
9,416
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA