Review – A Dandy in Aspic

Despite sporting one of the worst titles in Hollywood history, this actually turns out to be a decent spy picture. Laurence Harvey brings his Manchurian Candidate intensity to the role of a Soviet double agent spying on British intelligence. Angered over a trio of recent deaths in the field, the Brits assign our hero to assassinate the Russian they think is responsible, who turns out to be himself (though the guy they tell him to kill is actually just his contact). That should give you some idea of how convoluted things become. Personally, I like convoluted spy movies from the Cold War, so I got a kick out of this. Mildly amusing