The Tamarind Seed

1974

DramaRomanceThriller

During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.

"The Tamarind Seed . . . where love grows and passion flowers."

Rating

6.2
48 votes

Popularity

0.7385

Origin & Countries

GBUS | en | United Kingdom,United States of America

Production

Lorimar Productions,Jewel Productions,AVCO Embassy Pictures,ITC Entertainment

Runtime

125 min.

Status

Released

Release: 7/11/1974

Credits

The Tamarind Seed

Blake EdwardsDirector

The Tamarind Seed

Julie AndrewsJudith Farrow

The Tamarind Seed

Omar SharifFeodor Sverdlov

The Tamarind Seed

Anthony QuayleJack Loder

The Tamarind Seed

Dan O'HerlihyFergus Stephenson

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

5/27/2023

6 / 10

From the very first few bars of the opening John Barry theme and the obvious Maurice Binder titles, you could be forgiven for thinking you were about to watch a "Bond" movie... However, what we are presented with is an overly-complicated espionage drama that could very easily trip over it's own feet. A charming and debonaire Omar Sharif is taking a holiday on Barbados where he makes friends with fellow holiday-maker Julie Andrews. As luck would have it - he is a top level Soviet spy and she works for a top UK Home Office civil servant. Anthony Quayle is the British Spymaster convinced he is trying to turn her; Oskar Homolka the Soviet general convinced the contrary in on the cards. Well, it takes quite a long 2 hours of this rather plodding romantic thriller for us to find out which... The last 15 minutes are quite unpredictable, and the cast are all proficient enough - especially a rather untypical role from Sylvia Syms - but the story is just over-padded-out, I'm afraid.

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