Spy Games
1 Episode
Two witty spy capers fuse humor and suspense with delectable results. Shot in gorgeous saturated color amid some of the title city’s most iconic locales, Sally Potter’s THE LONDON STORY plays like a deadpan, postmodern deconstruction of the classic cloak-and-dagger thriller—complete with arrestingly oddball dance sequence. Then, Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson make an irresistible comic duo in Ronald Neame’s sophisticatedly breezy espionage yarn HOPSCOTCH, which playfully sends up the paranoid dramas of the 1970s.
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Hopscotch
Episode 1
Directed by Ronald Neame • 1980 • United States
Starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam WaterstonThe inimitable comic team of Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson star in this nimble tale of international intrigue from master British filmmaker Ronald Neame. Based on Brian Garfield’s best-sell...