It unfolds like a profoundly “old-fashioned” spy story, with a conspicuous Cold War milieu, a Soviet cryptography device reminiscent of the Enigma machine and, best of all, an extended sequence set aboard the Orient Express.

A highly immoral film in every imaginable way but it sure is fun...

The film lacks the exotic, colourful flamboyance of the best of its successors. So shoot me.

The Cold War story is utterly fun even if the action is on the cheesy side.