| The Jigsaw Man | |
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| Directed by | Terence Young |
| Screenplay by | Jo Eisinger |
| Based on | The Jigsaw Man by Dorothea Bennett |
| Produced by | Ron Carr Benjamin Fisz Robert Porter Mahmud Sipra |
| Starring | Michael Caine Laurence Olivier |
| Cinematography | Freddie Francis |
| Edited by | Derek Trigg |
| Music by | John Cameron |
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| Distributed by | United Film Distribution Company |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Jigsaw Man is a 1983 British espionage film starring Michael Caine, Susan George, Laurence Olivier and Robert Powell. It was directed by Terence Young. The screenplay was written by Jo Eisinger, based on the novel The Jigsaw Man by Dorothea Bennett.
The film was inspired by the story of Kim Philby, a British intelligence officer who was secretly working for the KGB, then defected to the Soviet Union in 1963.[1]
- ^ The Jigsaw Man review, Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times