Cambridge Spies Movie Review 2003

Semi-fictional and romanticized account of the friendship of longtime British spies Harold Philby (Stephens), Guy Burgess (Hollander), Anthony Blunt (West), and Donald Maclean (Penry-Jones), which began in the 1930s while the quartet was at Cambridge University and continued for more than 30 years (Philby defected to Moscow in 1964).

Distribution

BBC/Worldwide Americas, BBC Direct, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407-2284, Toll-free: 800-216-IBBC, Fax: (802)864-9846, URL: http://www.bbcproducts.com

Available on DVD
Running time 240 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Spies & Espionage, True Stories, Period Piece: 1930s, Buddies, Gays, Communists & Communism, Great Britain

Screenplay

Peter Moffatt

Cast

Toby Stephens, Samuel West, Tom Hollander, Rupert Penry-Jones, Anthony Andrews, Imelda Staunton, Stuart Laing, Patrick Kennedy, James Fox, Anna-Louise Plowman, John Light

Cinematography

David Higgs

Director

Tim Fywell

Music

John Lunn