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The Tamarind Seed

1974

Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller

Plot summary


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Top cast

Julie Andrews Photo
Julie Andrews as Judith Farrow
Omar Sharif Photo
Omar Sharif as Feodor Sverdlov
Sylvia Syms Photo
Sylvia Syms as Margaret Stephenson
Oskar Homolka Photo
Oskar Homolka as General Golitsyn
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1.01 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
2 hr 5 min
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1.96 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
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24 fps
2 hr 5 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gridoon20226 / 10

Julie Andrews has never looked more beautiful

This is one of the rare movies that tapped into Julie Andrews' understated sex appeal; she is radiant throughout, with a ripe beauty. Omar Sharif, as a philosophical Russian, also has his moments, but the cast that surrounds them is not as interesting; the story goes every which way and goes on too long, with some excitement only in the last 10 minutes. Don't miss the James Bond - like opening title sequence - designed by Maurice Binder and scored by John Barry! **1/2 out of 4.

Reviewed by bkoganbing7 / 10

Cold War prevents Julie and Omar from true love

The Tamarind Seed has both Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif looking to merge. But merger is going to be impossible because of the Cold War. You see Julie works for someone in the British home office and Omar is a military attaché for the Russians.

If they were from allied countries or even one of them from a neutral there would be no problem. But being in the jobs they're in they're under surveillance, even more so when they start dating. Wildest of all is that both are put on the spot to get the other to defect.

Sharif and Andrews are the weak links of The Tamarind Seed. Both lack chemistry between them, you don't the feeling that they are truly caught up with each other. The ones to watch here are Dan O'Herlihy, a high level traitor to the United Kingdom and his ambitious wife Sylvia Sims. Both of their roles are spiced with former passion turned to hate. Herlihy is a closet gay man and Sims stays married to him for the sake of position. He's in line for a top level ambassadorship and she wants it for the perks of the position.

Those two really make The Tamarind Seed worth watching.

Reviewed by boblipton4 / 10

Turgid

It's a long, rambling and ultimately trite movie. Julie Andrews, who works for one of the British spy groups, goes on vacation to the Barbados. There she is courted, seduced and turned by Russian spy Omar Sharif. He does so rather easily.

It's from a novel by Evelyn Anthony, and it looks to have been influenced by the blow-up of Kim Philby, and the novels of John Le Carre: spying isn't in service of Queen and Country, it's a game of points played by people who think 3-d chess is too simple. Of course, Sharif is a good-looking guy, and ever since DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, it was understood he was Russian and not a bridge-playing Egyptian actor.

Blake Edwards directed this as a vehicle for his wife, Miss Andrews, and he directed each scene impeccably, using actors like Anthony Quayle and Oskar Homolka (in his last screen role). I'm sure the oppressive score by John Barry and plodding pace was intended to give a sense of anomie to the story, but it also gives one to the movie, and makes one wonder why Miss Andrews didn't try dogging.

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