You can see why Hitch and his writers added a lot of material to Ethel Lina White's story - to add humour and action. The stripped down version (by Fiona Seres) is more serious and less fun, and the heroine, played here by Tuppence Middleton, comes over as petulant and irritating. A good cast is left with not much to do: Alex Jennings, Tom Hughes. Keely Hawes, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Gemma Jones, Sandy McDade, Pip Torrens, Stephanie Cole, Benedikte Hansen, Emerald Fennell.
It's also uncomfortably directed so that the camera feels too close to everybody all the time.
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