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This is a great movie to watch especially if you love a good, hard twist in the end. Just when you think you know what the truth is and who the evil bad guys are, the last five minutes takes you in another direction you did not see coming. George Pappard's character's is fantastic as the government troubleshooter willing to go to any lengths to ferret out traitors and moles among top secret government operations. There are a lot of great lines in the film too that helps the viewer to appreciate just how much power the troubleshooter has to protect the country, and scary when you realize he actually needs that much authority to do the job. There is no way they could remake a better movie now unless they filled it with a lot of thrilling action scene or sex scenes. Even if they did, it would not match the psychological thrill of this original.

This is a nice entertaining movie to watch. The humor isn't in your face or dark. It sets a comfortable pace and you get to watch one guy's journey from having everything he wanted to finding what he did not know he needed(well, two if you count his boss played wonderfully by Burt Lancastor). The main character's's change throughout the movie isn't even realized until it's nicely hinted to when you see he does not miss his expensive watch left on the sea shore. All the characters are the kinds of people you wish you knew. And it The music is haunting and scenes are beautiful of the Scottish countryside. Both go a long way to making the movie on you want to see over again.