Review – The Cape Town Affair

This spy movie is nearly boring enough to actually be about real spies. A pickpocket (James Brolin) accidentally mires himself in a plot to smuggle microfilm to the Soviets when he steals the film from the purse of an unsuspecting mule (Jacqueline Bisset). On the plus side, it was shot in the mid 60s, giving it an authentic Cold War feel. On the other hand, the plot is a stale parade of twists and turns through a South Africa apparently completely devoid of racial problems. Other than Bisset’s innocent character, none of the dramatis personae were likable enough to care about, which made it hard to invest much emotion in whether they lived or died. Though I enjoyed the look and feel, overall I thought it was a lackluster production of a weak script. Mildly amusing