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The Tamarind Seed

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6.2/10 • 48

1974-07-112h 5m

DramaRomanceThriller

The Tamarind Seed . . . where love grows and passion flowers.

During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.

Directors
Blake Edwards
Editors
Ernest Walter

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  1. Julie Andrews

    Julie Andrews

    Judith Farrow

  2. Omar Sharif

    Omar Sharif

    Feodor Sverdlov

  3. Anthony Quayle

    Anthony Quayle

    Jack Loder

  4. Dan O'Herlihy

    Dan O'Herlihy

    Fergus Stephenson

  5. Sylvia Syms

    Sylvia Syms

    Margaret Stephenson

  6. Oskar Homolka

    Oskar Homolka

    General Golitsyn

  7. Bryan Marshall

    Bryan Marshall

    George MacLeod

  8. David Baron

    David Baron

    Richard Paterson

  9. Celia Bannerman

    Celia Bannerman

    Rachel Paterson

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CinemaSerf

May 27, 2023

6/10

From the very first few bars of the opening John Barry theme and the obvious Maurice Binder titles, you could be forgiven for thinking you were about to watch a "Bond" movie... However, what we are presented with is an overly-complicated espionage drama that could very easily trip over it's own feet. A charming and debonaire Omar Sharif is taking a holiday on Barbados where he makes friends with fellow holiday-maker Julie Andrews. As luck would have it - he is a top level Soviet spy and she works for a top UK Home Office civil servant. Anthony Quayle is the British Spymaster convinced he is trying to turn her; Oskar Homolka the Soviet general convinced the contrary in on the cards. Well, it takes quite a long 2 hours of this rather plodding romantic thriller for us to find out which... The last 15 minutes are quite unpredictable, and the cast are all proficient enough - especially a rather untypical role from Sylvia Syms - but the story is just over-padded-out, I'm afraid.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or bookcold warbarbadoscaribbean searussian spy