The Human Factor 1979

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The Human Factor ★★½ 1979 (R)

Unexciting spy caper has a British Secret Service agent (Williamson) betraying his country in order to aid a friend. As a result of his actions an innocent man is killed and Williamson is forced to defect to the Soviet Union. Based on a novel by Graham Greene. 115m/C VHS . GB Nicol Williamson, Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Robert Morley, Ann Todd, Richard Vernon, Iman; D: Otto Preminger; W: Tom Stoppard.

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