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** John Vernon's Cuban officer is considered a sympathetic TragicVillain in the vein of Claude Rains in ''Notorious''.
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** John Vernon's Creator/JohnVernon's Cuban officer is considered a sympathetic TragicVillain in the vein of Claude Rains in ''Notorious''.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: After not being happy with ''Film/TornCurtain'', Hitchcock decided to make another attempt at a film that had the same scope as a Film/JamesBond movie but was more realistic and serious in depicting how spying actually works. Like ''Torn Curtain'', ''Topaz'' starts out with a character defecting to the other side of the Cold War in Copenhagen (there it was an American going to East Germany, here it's a Soviet going to America).
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* PoorMansSubstitute: Frederick Stafford is pretty clearly emulating Creator/SeanConnery, who was Hitchcock's first choice to play Devereaux
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* PoorMansSubstitute: Frederick Stafford is pretty clearly emulating Creator/SeanConnery, who was Hitchcock's first choice to play DevereauxDevereaux. Stafford was in fact one of the many actors who played the title character in the ''Film/OSS117'' films, which was one of the many [[FollowTheLeader followers]] of the Connery-era ''Film/JamesBond'' films.
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** The Topaz ringleader's code name is UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}.
** The "airport" ending shows Devereaux getting on a plane. Frederick Stafford ended up dying in a 1979 midair collision.
** The Topaz ringleader's code name is UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}.
** The "airport" ending shows Devereaux getting on a plane. Frederick Stafford ended up dying in a 1979 midair collision.
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* HarsherInHindsight:
** The Topaz ringleader's code name is UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}.
**HarsherInHindsight: The "airport" ending shows Devereaux getting on a plane. Frederick Stafford ended up dying in a 1979 midair collision.
** The Topaz ringleader's code name is UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}.
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** Roscoe Lee Browne's character and the entire Harlem segment is highly regarded, for its suspense and the set design. Especially interesting in that Browne is the only prominent African-American character in Hitchcock's films.
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** Roscoe Lee Browne's character and the entire Harlem segment is highly regarded, for its suspense and the set design. Especially interesting in that Browne Dubois is the only one of just two prominent African-American character black characters in Hitchcock's films.films (Joe in ''Film/{{Lifeboat}}'' is the other one).
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* SignatureScene: The Harlem sequence and Juanita's death (especially the overhead shot) are the scenes that get discussed the most.
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* SignatureScene: The Harlem sequence and Juanita's death (especially the overhead shot) are the scenes that get discussed the most.are considered its big "Hitchcock" moments.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Two really poorly-done ChromaKey shots late in the film--the DrivingADesk scene in a convertible, and Nordstrom meeting Devereaux on an airport tarmac.
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** The "airport" ending shows Devereaux getting on a plane. Frederick Stafford ended up dying in a 1979 midair collision.
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** The "airport" ending shows Devereaux getting on a plane. Frederick Stafford ended up dying in a 1979 midair collision.
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* SignatureScene: The Harlem sequence and Juanita's death (especially the overhead shot) are the scenes that get discussed the most.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The Topaz ringleader's code name is UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}.
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** Michel Subor as François (Devereaux's son-in-law) recovers from WhatHappenedToTheMouse syndrome and returns for some strong moments late in the film, including delivering the script's best line.
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* PoorMansSubstitute: Frederick Stafford is pretty clearly emulating Creator/SeanConnery, who was Hitchcock's first choice to play Devereaux
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation as arguably Creator/AlfredHitchcock's worst film, it's not actually particularly bad and of itself, it just doesn't live up to the rest of Hitchcock's impressive filmography.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation as arguably Creator/AlfredHitchcock's worst film, it's not actually particularly bad in and of itself, it just doesn't live up to the rest of Hitchcock's impressive filmography.
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* OneSceneWonder: Roscoe Lee Browne as Andre's New York contact who steals the missile plans.
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Since Parvum Opus is almost certainly going to be nuked from orbit in the very near future...
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* ParvumOpus: Often considered Creator/AlfredHitchcock's worst film, or at least the worst after he became an A-list director. Of his final four films (''Marnie'' being regarded generally as his final masterpiece), it is certainly the least liked.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation, it's not actually a particularly bad film in and of itself, it just doesn't live up to the rest of Hitchcock's impressive filmography.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation, it's not actually a particularly bad film in and of itself, it just doesn't live up to the rest of Hitchcock's impressive filmography.
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* ParvumOpus: Often considered SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation as arguably Creator/AlfredHitchcock's worst film, or at least the worst after he became an A-list director. Of his final four films (''Marnie'' being regarded generally as his final masterpiece), it is certainly the least liked.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation,it's not actually a particularly bad film in and of itself, it just doesn't live up to the rest of Hitchcock's impressive filmography.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation,
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* DesignatedHero: Mostly because he's played by a weak actor (Frederick Stafford who appeared in many European B-Films) but even otherwise, the film's "hero" is an adulterous and duplicitious ManipulativeBastard who is so incompetent that he endangers his allies and his family.
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** Roscoe Lee Browne's character and the entire Harlem segment is highly regarded, for its suspense and the set design. Especially interesting in that Browne is the only prominent African-American character in Hitchcock's films.
** John Vernon's Cuban officer is considered a sympathetic TragicVillain in the vein of Claude Rains in ''Notorious''.
* EvilIsCool: As usual in Hitchcock, the villains are pretty cool especially when played by the likes of Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and John Vernon.
* ParvumOpus: Often considered Creator/AlfredHitchcock's worst film, or at least the worst after he became an A-list director. Of his final four films (''Marnie'' being regarded generally as his final masterpiece), it is certainly the least liked.
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** Roscoe Lee Browne's character and the entire Harlem segment is highly regarded, for its suspense and the set design. Especially interesting in that Browne is the only prominent African-American character in Hitchcock's films.
** John Vernon's Cuban officer is considered a sympathetic TragicVillain in the vein of Claude Rains in ''Notorious''.
* EvilIsCool: As usual in Hitchcock, the villains are pretty cool especially when played by the likes of Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and John Vernon.
* ParvumOpus: Often considered Creator/AlfredHitchcock's worst film, or at least the worst after he became an A-list director. Of his final four films (''Marnie'' being regarded generally as his final masterpiece), it is certainly the least liked.
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* ParvumOpus: Often considered Creator/AlfredHitchcock's worst film, or at least the worst after he became an A-list director.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation, it's not actually a particularly bad film in and of itself, it just doesn't live up to the rest of Hitchcock's impressive filmography.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite its reputation, it's not actually a particularly bad film in and of itself, it just doesn't live up to the rest of Hitchcock's impressive filmography.
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