Uneven but hopelessly enjoyable espionage themed action thriller in which advertising executive Moore becomes embroiled in a bizarre assassination plot involving a food-obsessed Hungarian aspiring model.
Moore is dashing and has plenty of opportunity to flex his movie muscle after years on the small screen, sharing good chemistry with Belgian siren Lange showing she's more than an attractive handbag, with an appetite to match.
Appealing international cast includes American Martha Hyer as Moore's casual love interest and chief enabler of the conspiracy, Bernard Lee her power-hungry father whilst Dudley Sutton has a minor role early-on as a creepy stagehand. Sharp eyes might also recognise Norman Eshley ('George & Mildred') as one of the militant protestors, and Dave Prowse ('Darth Vader') in a non-speaking part playing the best man at the wedding Moore & Lange crash.
Like a bigger budgeted episode of 'The Avengers', Rackoff's action-comedy-thriller contains comic-style plot, characters, props and TV production values (e.g. Lots of acting in front a rear projection screen) that's essentially nonsense though undeniably entertaining. If it weren't for the subsequent big screen fame Moore achieved, 'Crossplot' would be a long-dismissed obscurity, and whilst its thin on details it is however providing Moore with a timely audition for the coveted 007 role he would eventually own just a few years later.
Moore is dashing and has plenty of opportunity to flex his movie muscle after years on the small screen, sharing good chemistry with Belgian siren Lange showing she's more than an attractive handbag, with an appetite to match.
Appealing international cast includes American Martha Hyer as Moore's casual love interest and chief enabler of the conspiracy, Bernard Lee her power-hungry father whilst Dudley Sutton has a minor role early-on as a creepy stagehand. Sharp eyes might also recognise Norman Eshley ('George & Mildred') as one of the militant protestors, and Dave Prowse ('Darth Vader') in a non-speaking part playing the best man at the wedding Moore & Lange crash.
Like a bigger budgeted episode of 'The Avengers', Rackoff's action-comedy-thriller contains comic-style plot, characters, props and TV production values (e.g. Lots of acting in front a rear projection screen) that's essentially nonsense though undeniably entertaining. If it weren't for the subsequent big screen fame Moore achieved, 'Crossplot' would be a long-dismissed obscurity, and whilst its thin on details it is however providing Moore with a timely audition for the coveted 007 role he would eventually own just a few years later.