George Roy Hill's minimalist treatment of the John le Carré espionage novel, about an actress of Leftist and particularly pro-Palestinian leanings who is recruited (and virtually brainwashed) by Israeli intelligence to help flush out a terrorist kingpin. In truth, the heroine's initial motivation is not well established, or anyway the source of her continuing fortitude isn't. (Was remuneration for her services ever discussed?) Whatever elaboration le Carré might have offered on these matters, and on many others, has been stripped away in the interest of streamlining -- of excavating the basic plotline at the expense of everything else. It's a beautiful construction, beautifully revealed. With Diane Keaton, Klaus Kinski, Yorgo Voyagis, and Sami Frey. (1984) — Duncan Shepherd
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