The Mackintosh Man
- Paul Newman: Joseph Rearden
- Dominique Sanda: Mrs. Smith
- Ian Bannen: Slade
- James Mason: Sir George Wheeler
- Michael Hordern: Brown
- Harry Andrews: Mackintosh
- Nigel Patrick: Soames - Trevelyan
- Peter Vaughan: Inspector Brunskill
- Jenny Runacre: Gerda
- Andre Trottier: Jobs
- Roland Culver: Judge
- Percy Herbert: Taafe
- Robert Lang: Jack Summers
- Noel Purcell: O'Donovan
- John Bindon: Buster
The Mackintosh Man ( Original title: The Mackintosh Man) is a film directed by John Huston from the novel life sentence with return ticket ( The Freedom Trap ) by Desmond Bagley from the year 1973.
Action
Joseph Rearden, an agent of British intelligence, can be caught in a diamond theft in London, to his boss Mackintosh and his assistant, Mrs. Smith have threaded. In prison, Rearden is a smugglers organization to contact to find out who is at the head of this group. This organization has brought too many spies caught out of the country. With the help of the group it and a Soviet agent named Slade manages to escape. They are being held in a secret house in Ireland.
In London Mackintosh informed his friend, Mr Sir George Wheeler, about his plan. Wheeler, however, is in truth the head of the smugglers organization. Shortly thereafter, Mackintosh is run over by a car. Rearden is being tortured, but he manages to escape from the country house.
Rearden is now left to their own and only Mrs. Smith, who turns out to be the daughter of Mackintosh, it is a help. Together they travel to Malta to ask where Wheeler. Wheeler has been hiding on his yacht Slade. Rearden called the police, while Wheeler Mrs. Smith brings to his violence. Reluctantly and fruitless searches the police the yacht. This Rearden can flee again.
In a church that the exchange, safe conduct for Wheeler and Slade against the life of Mrs Smith instead. Rearden agrees after a moment's hesitation. But as Wheeler and Slade go of it, they are brutally shot to death by Mrs. Smith. Rearden and Mrs. Smith combines nothing more. They go their separate ways.
Criticism
" The Mackintosh Man seems to have been made by a group of people who have had no sympathy and understanding for spy movies."
" Intelligent built and exciting way set political thriller. "
" Doyen John Huston moved with his enthralling presentation the audience into a confusing puzzle game: a wrong track follows the next. Only those who listen closely, the story can follow. A political thriller in a class from a screenplay by Action specialist Walter Hill. "