The Kremlin Letter details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Lila Kedrova, Orson Welles, Dean Jagger, Richard Boone, Max von Sydow, Bibi Anderson, George Sanders, Nigel Green |
| Director: | John Huston |
| Genre: | Thriller - General |
| Studio: | EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
The Kremlin Letter |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 56 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 25 Jul 2011 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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The darkest, most cynical spy movie
By chuckturner (16 reviews) from England , 29 Jun 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
Finally on DVD, the darkest, most cynical spy movie of that whole cycle kicked off by DR NO in 1962. The story is twisty, the characters cold-blooded, revealing layer after layer of duplicity and corruption. Huston's direction is unflinching - he observes this amazing collection of bizarre characters, played by an amazing cast, as though they were his next-door neighbours. Mistaken at the time for a comic-romp gone wrong, TKL has never been critically rated; and because of its unavailability on DVD, never re-assessed. It's an absolute cracker. Congratulations to Eureka for finally letting us see it again.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(3)Dont open the Kremlin Letter!
By Kraal (7 reviews) , 13 Jul 2012Don't open it!
I expected a lot from John Houston and a good number of big name actors but this is simply dreadful. It starts of painfully slow setting the scene and does not develop from there. The big name actors only do cameo's and they are over acted.
Avoid!- Was this review helpful to you?
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American Bond-Noir
By MikeyMouse (39 reviews) from West Drayton , 24 Aug 2011This amazing but largely incomprehensible movie leaves the James Bond of its time looking a bit like a camp limey, a penguin-suited lady boy. It possesses an insane, dangerous & immoral realism coursing through its veins. The wacky premise and atmosphere is reminiscent of latter-day actual CIA Black Ops, and the air of madness is in the style of The Men Who Stare at Goats, or even Heller's Catch 22.
Spitting testosterone mixed with grit, the lead characters really do make our Bond look rather like an effete & over-privileged irrelevance, where the cold war has got far too hot for a perfect Martini. The intermixing of Russian with English dialogue worked pretty well I thought, giving 'our' boys extra depth & clever operational capability. Even so, it felt a little overlong, possibly because I'd lost many of the tortuous plot twists by the first 90 minutes. Nevertheless the ending was pleasingly unconventional and overall I'd say this re-release is a 'must see' for all lovers of spy movies. Just don't expect too many gadgets or little witty double-entendres - it may be crazy, but there ain't no gawd darn messing around here!- Was this review helpful to you?
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The darkest, most cynical spy movie
By chuckturner (16 reviews) from England , 29 Jun 2011Finally on DVD, the darkest, most cynical spy movie of that whole cycle kicked off by DR NO in 1962. The story is twisty, the characters cold-blooded, revealing layer after layer of duplicity and corruption. Huston's direction is unflinching - he observes this amazing collection of bizarre characters, played by an amazing cast, as though they were his next-door neighbours. Mistaken at the time for a comic-romp gone wrong, TKL has never been critically rated; and because of its unavailability on DVD, never re-assessed. It's an absolute cracker. Congratulations to Eureka for finally letting us see it again.- Was this review helpful to you?
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