In this 1988 television adaptation of Robert Ludlum's thriller, a man (Richard Chamberlain), injured and suffering from memory loss, is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village. He can't remember his name and has no clue why the access code of a Swiss bank account is implanted in his thigh … but it's soon clear is that someone is trying to kill him. Jaclyn Smith is the woman who helps him evade the assassins.
So I turn this on, and I am not impressed at first. Chamberlin is not that young, we have 1930's noir music, and I am wondering what did I get myself into, then I see Denholm Elliot's name and now I... more
So I turn this on, and I am not impressed at first. Chamberlin is not that young, we have 1930's noir music, and I am wondering what did I get myself into, then I see Denholm Elliot's name and now I think I must watch now.
Instead of the post-modern Bond style of the Damon films, we have a kind of super retro- "unkown" vibe here.. On to part two!