Hopscotch (1980)

  • R
  • 09/26/1980 (US)
  • Comedy, Adventure
  • 1h 44m

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

Overview

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.

Bryan Forbes

Screenplay

Brian Garfield

Screenplay, Novel

Ronald Neame

Director

Cast

Walter Matthau's headshot

Walter Matthau

Miles Kendig
Glenda Jackson's headshot

Glenda Jackson

Isobel
Sam Waterston's headshot

Sam Waterston

Jack Cutter
Ned Beatty's headshot

Ned Beatty

Myerson
Herbert Lom's headshot

Herbert Lom

Yaskov
David Matthau's headshot

David Matthau

Ross
George Baker's headshot

George Baker

Westlake
Ivor Roberts's headshot

Ivor Roberts

Ludlum

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