A Dandy in Aspic

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A Dandy in Aspic
Directed by	Anthony Mann
Produced by	Anthony Mann
Written by	Derek Marlowe
Starring	Laurence Harvey Tom Courtenay Mia Farrow Peter Cook Harry Andrews
Music by	Quincy Jones
Release date(s)	1968
Running time	107 minutes
Country	UK
Language	English
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A Dandy in Aspic is a 1968 spy film, directed by Anthony Mann, based on a novel of the same name by Derek Marlowe and starring Laurence Harvey.

Essentially a Cold War thriller, it is the story of a Russian counter-espionage agent, known as Eberlin to his employers in British Intelligence, where he is working undercover for Moscow as a double agent. His superiors in Britain instruct him to find and assassinate a KGB agent named Krasnevin, believed to have killed a number of British agents.

This presents a problem for Eberlin, as he is Krasnevin.

Tom Courtenay appears as the ruthless and cynical British agent Gatiss, who openly distrusts and dislikes Eberlin. Mia Farrow plays a London-based photographer with whom Eberlin has an affair.

This was Anthony Mann's final film; he died before it was finished. Its direction was completed by Harvey.

The film is also notable for an appearance by Peter Cook, at a time when his TV career was at a peak, in a minor role as the foppish but libidinous British agent, Prentiss.