You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Certificate: M/PG He slowly begins to blend in with the other prisoners, and is assigned to laundry-washing duties. Eventually, he manages to fight back and escape the building, setting it on fire. Only the agent's immediate superior -- the mysterious Mr. Mackintosh -- knows his identity, and when Mackintosh is killed, the agent's troubles really start. "[16] Time Out called it a "reasonably entertaining old-fashioned thriller" "if you can accept Newman as a totally unconvincing Australian..., an appalling array of accents (mainly Irish), and Dominique Sanda as an unlikely member of the British Secret Service. Topic The Mackintosh Man (1973). When a prosecutor leaks a false story that a liquor warehouse owner is involved in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel. The film received a mixed reception when it was released, and did not perform well at the box office, in either the United Kingdom, United States or Canada. [1] Huston called it "a spy thriller with some amusing moments" that was similar to his earlier The Kremlin Letter . Mackintosh had suspected Wheeler and had used their meeting to try to flush him out. He overpowers his guard and flees, but nothing is quite what it seems in this drama of intrigue as Rearden pursues his quarry from Ireland to Malta. VINCENZO1492 15:13, 25 July 2015 (UTC) FYI: Admin Shirt58 is reverting or editing regularly my edits about the movie title The MacKintosh Man or The Mackintosh Man. The plot holds up very well all the way to the final moments with some nasty surprises. Written by "[15] Roger Ebert wrote it was "perhaps the first anti-spy movie", as it "seems to have been made by a group of people with no sympathy or understanding for spy movies. Reviewers have criticized The Mackintosh Man‘s convoluted plot, but the principal weakness is a slowness of pace which allows even the moderately intelligent viewer to stay well ahead of each complication and resolution. In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit. Joseph Rearden (Paul Newman) takes the fall for a robbery and winds up in the Scrubs. "The Innocent Bystander", "The Mackintosh man – he keeps you guessing", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Mackintosh_Man&oldid=1014342215, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 March 2021, at 15:18. It is now intended they will be raided, rounded up and Slade returned to prison. Every twist and surprise is so over-prepared that any possibility for suspense or shock is eliminated. And quite rightly so, most things in the story have a feeling of being very cool and calculated. As a compromise, Warners sent Hill some novels they had optioned and offered to pay for him to write the script for one. She is one of Rearden's (Paul Newman) jailers and … Gerda (The MacKintosh Man) Gerda (Jenny Runacre) is a character in the 1973 Paul Newman movie, The MacKintosh Man. This FAQ is empty. The locations in London and Ireland with real local people add much to the realism and fascination of the story. DVD Condition. TMDb Score. For example the music reminds me of 'The Third Man'. He contacts Mrs Smith in London, who flies to meet him in Galway. The MacKintosh Man (1973) "Only MacKintosh can save them now - and MacKintosh is dead!" Academy Award-winning screen legend Paul Newman stars. Product Promotions. Joseph Rearden (Paul Newman) takes the fall for a robbery and winds up in the Scrubs. 60. 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