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Karin Dor (Actor), John Forsythe (Actor), Alfred Hitchcock (Director) Rated: Parental Guidance Format: Blu-ray
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  • Actors: Karin Dor, John Forsythe, Claude Jade, Dany Robin, Frederick Stafford
  • Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Language: English
  • Dubbed: Spanish, French
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: All Regions (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Sept. 2013
  • Run Time: 136 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00DZLIW1A
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In 1962 the CIA enlists a French agent to break up a Russian spy ring. The high politics, intrigue and trickery involve French, American, Russian and Cuban security. Who are the members of the Topaz group suspected of selling out French security, and who is double crossing who, particularly in Cuba?

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Alfred Hitchcock hadn't made a spy thriller since the 1930s, so his 1969 adaptation of Leon Uris's bestseller Topaz seemed like a curious choice for the director. But Hitchcock makes Uris's story of the West's investigation into the Soviet Union's dealings with Cuba his own. Frederick Stafford plays a French intelligence agent who works with his American counterpart (John Forsythe) to break up a Soviet spy ring. The film is a bit flat dramatically and visually, and there are sequences that seem to occupy Hitchcock's attention more than others. A minor work all around, with at least two alternative endings shot by Hitchcock. --Tom Keogh --This text refers to the DVD edition.

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3.0 out of 5 starsSome great filmmaking, but not a great film
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER on 14 Jun. 2009
Format: DVD
Topaz is widely regarded as one of Hitchcock's worst films, but while certainly problematic there's still a lot to admire in this spy thriller set against the Cuban missile crisis. Unfortunately, rather than the original theatrical version (to date only released on laserdisc in the 90s and on Blu-ray in Germany), the version on video and this DVD is of a longer preview version before the film was trimmed down to size. For the most part the `additions' are fairly minor - the Russian defector being coerced to give information, a party scene, possibly a longer version of a scene between Frederick Stafford and Dany Robin - although the only one that makes a real difference is the addition of the best of the three alternate endings (of one character wryly waving goodbye at the airport having got away with it). Unfortunately, aside from drawing matters out even more, it still has the same structural problems as before: the plot is all over the place, and the film is really over once it leaves Cuba, seeming to spend an inordinate amount of time tying up loose ends although in reality introducing a new plot that should have been there from the very beginning. And there's a lot of Hitchcock's technical laziness - Frederick Stafford doesn't convince in his last, poorly staged scenes, and Hitchcock doesn't help him, while the photograph on his desk is shoddy enough to be a kindergarten cut-and-paste for show-and-tell. Yet it's still an intriguing film despite its flaws, with a few strikingly memorable scenes, especially those played without dialogue - watching the New York hotel from the florist's shop, the dead woman's dress unfolding like the petals of a flower as she falls to the ground, the grim almost-silent tableaux where a torture victim whispers a name.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsAn Enjoyable Hitchcock Spy Thriller
By B. D. Compton on 29 Feb. 2016
Format: DVD
A Hitchcock Spy Thriller in the Mold of 'North by Northwest' but without the finesse and subtle humor.

This film suddenly appeared on television and as it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock decided to see it in spite of the mainly poor reviews. I am glad I did as it was an entertaining 120 minutes but compared poorly to the brilliant 'North by Northwest' with Cary Grant, James Mason and Eve Marie Saint. It was not that the cast with Frederick Stafford acted badly, they did not and all the cast put in good performances. It just lacked that bite and finesse of some of his earlier productions.

The plot has been well documented so will say no more other than to say I found it interesting and it kept my attention to the end. The film did not deserve some of the severe criticism heaped upon it as there were some magic Hitchcock moments in the film and just for that it is worth a viewing.
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4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Blu Ray of Underrated Hitchcock Thriller.
By Adrian Drew TOP 500 REVIEWER on 7 Oct. 2013
Format: Blu-ray
This expensive and long spy thriller was much better than I was led to imagine. Despite some rather "clunky" acting from several actors whose first language clearly wasn't English, the plot is fascinating and I never lost interest. Some remarkable Hitchcockian set pieces pepper this piece and the Master ensures a fast paced and intriguing plot. With virtually nothing in common with his other films "Topaz" is admittedly a novelty and it certainly won't appeal to everyone - but this splendid blu ray transfer will at least let you see the film in the best format available. The fact there are three alternative endings ( available on the disc too) does indicate a production process alien to that undertaken by the normally very "economical" Hitch who planned his projects with meticulous care and virtually never strayed from the detailed storyboards he had created. Not one of these endings totally work but the one chosen for this new restoration is probably the best - although it is undoubtedly a little awkward too. Still the film is certainly worth a viewing by fans as it does provide an interesting new perspective on the Master's output. Extras are interesting and give some further insights into, what is unfairly regarded as, Hitchcock's worse film.
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2.0 out of 5 starsGoes nowhere
By Colonel Decker on 16 Dec. 2011
Format: DVD
Hitchcock himself loathed this and wanted to make a movie about a serial killer in 60's New York called Kaliedoscope. Just think of how that would have turned out? Instead the studio forced Hitch into this political movie, with dire results.
This coming from a fan of Hitchcock who has almost all of his films.

True there are some wonderful scenes here, the telephone exchange, the death of the woman late on in the movie and the first twenty or so mins are quite a treat.

Try as I might to like this film, I simply cannot and I have asked myself that if this was not a Hitchcock movie would it really be remembered today? I think not. The master has made at least 30 brilliant movies, this is simply not one of them. The movie gets two stars largely due to Hitch's direction.
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4.0 out of 5 starsVastly underrated
By Frank D on 15 April 2015
Format: DVD
Positive points:

* Realistic/plausible Coldwar thriller

* Great historical shots of the world circa late 1960's

* Excellent directing/photography/good lighting - see below for caveat

* Respectable international cast (despite absence of Hollywood ‘stars’)

* Above-average STVD restoration by Universal with superb Technicolor colouring - nothing useful lost with Pan and Scan - full screen.

* ‘Slow’ editing for full appreciation of the scene construction and characters

* Interesting and informative extra with Leonard Maltin

Negatives:

* Realistic, but weakish ending (discussed at some length by Maltin)

* Two very wobbly zooms (look to be hand-manipulated - Hitchcock must have wet his pants about this)

Conclusion:

Worthy of any film buff’s collection
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