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The Kremlin Letter

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The movie follows the novel very closely. The main problem is that Amazon could not supply the DVD and cancelled the order. I hope they will be able to offer the DVD in the near future.

One of the best spy movies I've ever seen. Deception, betrayal, violence, sex, perversion--and that's just in the opening credits. But seriously, it is a great movie and I want to be able to share it with friends. After growing up with Richard Boone on Paladin, his blond persona in this movie was quite a shock.

"The Kremlin Letter" is one of the grittiest, realistic espionage thrillers I have ever seen. What a shame this isn't available on DVD. The cinematography is first rate, the acting is spot on, and the story, while a bit hurried, is AFI top 100 worthy! I have never heard of this film until today, (April 14, 2009); apparently it was a flop in 1970, I cannot imagine how this isn't hailed as a classic the world over. The realism and believability of the "hard espionage" mind games portrayed in this film make it a worthy addition to any collection. I can only hope and pray that it is released soon.

Manufacture, please bring back copy's for sale. I would love to have this movie and all movies with Barbara Parkins in them.

Did they not release it after all? I heard they were not happy with the quality of the DVD? When will it finally come out!

I don't know what is the FOX policy regarding its own productions.
We are just hoping for a release under any label for that great 1970 JOHN HUSTON movie.
Still missing are FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER a 1938 FOX production directed by JOHN FORD and SEVEN WOMEN, the final 1966 MGM FORD masterpiece.
Thank you to our American friends for standing guard over their treasures.

For you Paladin-Richard Boone fans, yes he was strange in 'The Kremlin Letter. I saw it in the movies first time around in 1968 I think it was. But since you can't get it here in the USA (I hear it's available in England but the DVD is incompatiable with American players), and if you like Boone in freak, check him out instead in either, "Night of the Following Day" with Marlon Brando and Rita Moreno or as the cold-blooded killer 'Canino" in the Robert Mitchum updated version of the Raymond Chandler-Humphrey Bogart hit, "The Big Sleep". You won't forget him in either film!