The Tenth Man

• Directors: Jack Gold; Richard T. Heffron
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• Genre: War
• Movie Type: War Drama, Adventure Drama
• Main Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Kristin Scott Thomas
• Release Year: 1988
• Country: UK/US
• Run Time: 99 minutes

Plot

Anthony Hopkins stars in this glossy TV adaptation of Graham Greene's The Tenth Man. The scene is Paris, during the Nazi occupation. Hopkins plays a French lawyer who is sentenced to be executed as a reprisal for the activities of the Resistance. To escape the firing squad, Hopkins arranges for another man to take his place. That man, played by Timothy Wilson, is an embittered soul with no desire to go on living. As part of his bargain with Hopkins, Wilson wills Hopkins' estate to his own heirs. At war's end, Hopkins, travelling incognito, takes a gardener's job at the estate he once owned. He gradually falls in love with Wilson's sister Kristin Scott Thomas. And then total stranger Derek Jacobi shows up--claiming to be the long-lost Hopkins! Produced in Britain by veteran TV-movie maven David Rosemont, The Tenth Man was first offered December 4, 1988, as a Hallmark Hall of Fame special. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Geoffrey Bayldon; Brenda Bruce - Therese's Mother; Cyril Cusack - The Priest; Derek Jacobi - The Imposter; Peter Jonfield - Roche; Paul Rogers - Breton; Kristin Scott Thomas - Therese; Anthony Hopkins - Chavel; Michael Attwell - Krogh

Credit

Jack Gold - Director, Richard T. Heffron - Director, Millie Moore - Editor, Lee Holdridge - Composer (Music Score), Michael Stringer - Production Designer, Alan Hume - Cinematographer, William Hill - Producer, David Rosemont - Producer, Geoffrey Kerr - Screenwriter, Lee Langley - Screenwriter, Graham Greene - Book Author