Hopscotch is a 1980 American film directed by Ronald Neame and produced by Otto Plaschkes. It was written by Bryan Forbes and Brian Garfield, based on Garfield's novel of the same name. The film is a comedy starring Walter Matthau as Miles Kendig, a renegade CIA agent intent on publishing a memoir exposing the inner workings of the CIA and the KGB. Sam Waterston and Ned Beatty play Cutter and Myerson, Kendig's protege and his bumbling former boss, respectively, and are repeatedly foiled in their attempts to capture him and stop the publication of the damaging memoir. Herbert Lom is Yaskov,... the sympathetic KGB agent with an equal interest in his capture. Glenda Jackson plays Isobel von Schonenberg, his Austrian love interest who helps him stay one step ahead of his captors. Matthau and Jackson previously appeared together in the 1978 film House Calls. Matthau's son David plays Ross, a bumbling junior CIA agent. Matthau's step-daughter Lucy Saroyan plays the pilot, Carla Fleming. The film was received in a lukewarm manner by critics and was a moderate financial success during its release. The Criterion Collection released the film to DVD in 2002.
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| Release date: | 1980 |
| Directed by: | Ronald Neame |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 104 Minutes |
| Producer: | Otto Plaschkes |
| Music by: | Ian Fraser |
| Cinematography: | Arthur Ibbetson, Brian W. Roy |
| Screenplay by: | Bryan Forbes, Brian Garfield |
| Genre: | Thriller, Comedy, Action |