Spy-Secret » Miles Kendig http://spy-secret.com/blog Spy & Surveillance Secret Agent Stuff For Sale! Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:10:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hopscotch http://spy-secret.com/blog/spy-movies/hopscotch/ http://spy-secret.com/blog/spy-movies/hopscotch/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:43:24 +0000 thrandur http://spy-secret.com/blog/?p=130

Hopscotch, 1980 directed by Ronald Neame and staring Walter Matthau as Miles Kendig.

Kendig's boss at CIA tries to force him to retire. He balks at retirement and writes a tell-all book. CIA and KGB try to stop him. He leads them on a wild goose chase and finally fakes his own death by flying and destroying a biplane via remote control.

I like this movie because it is unusual for the spy movie genre. It doesn't revolve around gadgets or violence or sex as it does around duplicity and wit.

-Aaron

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