Jacquelyn Hyde

Ronald Neame’s Hopscotch is a smart and stylish tale of international intrigue and a cat-and-mouse comedy.

Hopscotch -- Miles Kendig (Walter Matthau) knows too much. One of the CIA's top international operatives, he suddenly finds himself relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, Kendig puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of the intelligence world. The CIA wants Kendig dead, but he refuses to cooperate--he's having too much fun.

Presented by TCM. A retired CIA agent threatens to publish an embarrassing book of memoirs about his colleagues. (Dir: Ronald Neame. Comedy, 1980.)

Miles Kendig knows too much. One of the CIA?s top international operatives, he suddenly finds himself relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, Kendig, with the aid of a chic Viennese widow, puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIAwants Kendig dead, but he refuses to cooperate?he?s having too much fun. Based on Brian Garfield?s best-selling novel, and starring the inimitable comic team of Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, Ronald Neame?s Hopscotch is a smart and stylish tale of international intrigue and a cat-and-mouse comedy.