Thursday, November 3, 2011

Topaz (1969)

I watched Hitchcock's Topaz (1969) for the first time today. I wasn't sure how I would feel about it as I'm generally not into spy stories, but I'm glad I checked it out, I enjoyed it. This is criminally overlooked, probably mainly because there are no "stars" to speak of. John Forsythe and Roscoe Lee Browne are the only two I've heard of. This is a tangled web that involves Americans, Cubans, Russians And French. It's long but there are so many twists and turns I never lost interest. There are also three(!) endings that Hitch filmed, due to preview audience's reactions. As with Suspicion, the ending he had to use is the weaker one. All in all, a good addition to any Hitchcock collection.

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