The trouble with this version of John Buchan's book is really rather poor. Robert Powell isn't my idea of Richard Hannay - doesn't look right, not the dashing and charismatic adventurer he should be - and the climax at Big Ben is too far-fetched.
The film itself, despite good production values and a fairly decent cast (David Warner, Eric Porter, John Mills, Timothy West, Ronald Pickup), is deadly boring. Maybe it has been shown on television too many times but it is unengaging and was done far better in the two previous versions.
Give me Madeleine Carroll and Robert Donat handcuffed together any day. This version is a lame TV movie at best.
The film itself, despite good production values and a fairly decent cast (David Warner, Eric Porter, John Mills, Timothy West, Ronald Pickup), is deadly boring. Maybe it has been shown on television too many times but it is unengaging and was done far better in the two previous versions.
Give me Madeleine Carroll and Robert Donat handcuffed together any day. This version is a lame TV movie at best.