The Whistle Blower (DVD)

...as a GCHQ translator during the economic troubles of the eighties. Bob, however, is less sure that he wants the job - he suspects that something is afoot in his organisation that could have serious repercussions for the world at large. Then Bob is found dead, having apparently thrown himself from the top of his apartment building. Frank is immediately suspicious; even more so when every attempt he makes to find out what is going on is thwarted by ...
...which more or less parallels the rather boring storyline, but once his son has died, Caine comes into his own. His cold fury at what may have happened to his son is mesmerising, particularly as his eyes constantly seem to glitter with tears. At the same time, it is not a role that will have pushed Caine all that much - he has done so many similar performances and in a few month's time, I'm sure I will be hard-pushed to remember all that much about ...

sunmeilan 15.10.2008 (16.10.2008) · Read full review
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...Whistle Blower” DVD The Whistle Blower carries a Parental Guidance (PG) classification. The genre is Espionage/Drama and the film was first released in 1987. It has a run time of 1 hour 40minutes. The copy I am reviewing is a single disc edition with a limited special feature selection of Scene Selection and Photo Gallery. ==Cast, Director and Producer== The DVD has a strong cast list which includes Michael Caine, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, James ...
...is Simon Langton and the producers Geoffrey Reeve, Jim Reeve, John Kelleher, Peter Dolman and Philip Nugus . Soundtrack by John Scott. ==The Plot== The Whistle Blower is based on a novel by John Hale, this film is basically a cold war spy story. Frank Jones (Michael Caine) is a war veteran, he served his country during the second world war and is now an ordinary civilian, a law abiding business man. Frank has a son, Bob, (Nigel Havers) of whom he ...

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I went visiting my Dad the other day he can't move to great so he tend's to sit in his chair watching alot of film's on DVD'S because it's alot easier for him to use well so he say's I just think he's being an old git so he can keep up with the gagets in life so we bought him a DVD player for his christmas and he phones regular as clock work for what DVD he want's this week. But this week I bet him to it. We were shopping in HMV for CD'S for my son ...
...chair. As I passed him the DVD his face just light up.(my dad is a victor meldrew)and then he gave me his face"don't just stand there, put it on"I knew he doesn't mean it as he wink's at my son and smiles when am not looking. Then came the moment I had to sit the whole 100 minutes watching this film, that was to surprise me as I didn't think it would be my cup of tea at all.... My review of The Whistle Blower. The film Cast Overview. Michael Caine....Frank ...

scottishkat 29.07.2004 · Read full review
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