Charlie Muffin (1979)

Directors

Jack Gold

Cast

Clive Revill, David Hemmings, Ian Richardson, Jennie Linden, Pinkas Braun, Ralph Richardson, Sam Wanamaker, Shane Rimmer

The story

This Cold War espionage thriller follows the story of British anti-hero spy Charlie Muffin, who has fallen on hard times since the forced retirement of Sir Archibald Willoughby, his previous boss at the British secret service. His new boss, Sir Henry Cuthbertson, a former military man who epitomises the haughty upper-class British imperialist, barely attempts to conceal his disdain for the under-educated agent who, although more and highly experienced, quite obviously does not stem from the "right class". At the start of the film, it is established that Charlie has been deemed expendable and accordingly is set up to be captured or killed…

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