The Tamarind Seed
The Tamarind Seed . . . where love grows and passion flowers.
1974 | 125m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Blake Edwards |
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| Writer: | Blake Edwards, Evelyn Anthony |
| Staring: |
| During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 11, 1974 |
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| Director: | Blake Edwards |
| Writer: | Blake Edwards, Evelyn Anthony |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, cold war, barbados, caribbean sea, russian spy |
| Production Companies | AVCO Embassy Pictures, Lorimar Productions, ITC Entertainment, Jewel Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 14, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Julie Andrews | Judith Farrow |
| Omar Sharif | Feodor Sverdlov |
| Anthony Quayle | Jack Loder |
| Dan O'Herlihy | Fergus Stephenson |
| Sylvia Syms | Margaret Stephenson |
| Oskar Homolka | General Golitsyn |
| Bryan Marshall | George MacLeod |
| David Baron | Richard Paterson |
| Celia Bannerman | Rachel Paterson |
| Roger Dann | Colonel Moreau |
| Sharon Duce | Sandy Mitchell |
| George Mikell | Major Stukalov |
| Kate O'Mara | Anna Skriabina |
| Constantine Gregory | Dimitri Memenov |
| John Sullivan | 1st KGB Agent |
| Terence Plummer | 2nd KGB Agent |
| Leslie Crawford | 3rd KGB Agent |
| Alexei Jawdokimov | Igor Kalinin |
| Janet Henfrey | Embassy Section Head |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Blake Edwards | Screenplay, Director |
| Freddie Young | Director of Photography |
| John Barry | Original Music Composer |
| Evelyn Anthony | Novel |
| Ernest Walter | Editor |
| Tom Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Maurice Binder | Main Title Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ken Wales | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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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.