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Actors: Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Barry Foster, Felicity Dean
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Whistle Blower |
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THE WHISTLE BLOWER is a British movie based on John Hale novel and directed by Simon Langton in 1986.
Dodgson, an agent working for the British Intelligence Service, has just been arrested and sent to jail. He was a Russian agent for years. Now, the C.I.A. wants the British to "clean the house". Robert Jones (Havers) works in British Intelligence and can't bear the atmosphere reigning in his department. As two of his colleagues, suspected of being Russian agents, die in a mysterious way, Robert decides to tell the journalist Bill Pickett what's actually going on in England.
Robert had also talked with his father Frank (Caine) about the strange deaths of his colleagues when he dies himself in a fall. Frank starts to raise embarrassing questions about the circumstances of his son's death and is soon under close surveillance of the British Intelligence. Nonetheless, he will finally understand that the C.I.A. and possibly even the British are responsible for Robert's death.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Whistle Blower |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
The terrorist enemy is...
- evil subgroup in govt
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Unusual forms of death
- run over
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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