In honor of the recently deceased film director Ronald Neame I watched one of his last and best films Hopscotch starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson. The two had worked together before in the popular 1978 film House Calls.
In Hopscotch Matthau plays a ex-CIA agent who is writing a tell-all book about his experiences in the spy game. Jackson is his love interest and the woman helping him stay one step ahead of the people who would like to stop him from writing the book. Those people include his fellow CIA agents, including his boss, played by Ned Beatty, the Russians, the FBI and British Intelligence. The movie was filmed on location in Salzburg, London and Savannah, Georgia.
It's a mixed genre movie part comedy, part spy caper, with a dash of romance and its the type of role Matthau plays very well. Uniquely the film uses classical music instead of a score written for the film.
It's a smart and stylish film from beginning to end.
At the Movie House rating *** stars
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