Blindfold

COMING IN THE MIDST OF THE 007 PHENOMENON, BLINDFOLD IS A CLEVER MIXTURE OF INTRIGUE AND TONGUE-IN-CHEEK SEXUAL INTERPLAY. N.Y. PSYCHIATRIST ROCK HUDSON IS MANEUVERED BY THE CIA TO TREAT PURSUED SCIENTIST ALEJANDRO REY. THE TWIST TO THIS IS THAT HUDSON MUST BE BLINDFOLDED EN ROUTE TO EACH ASSIGNMENT, AND THAT HE TREATED REY SOME YEARS EARLIER. SIMILAR TO THE UNIVERSAL SPY THRILLERS OF THE 1960S, NOTABLY CHARADE AND ARABESQUE, BLINDFOLD CASTS HUDSON WITH CLAUDIA CARDINALE IN MUCH THE SAME FASHION AS GREGORY PECK WAS PAIRED WITH SOPHIA LOREN IN ARABESQUE. PHILIP DUNNE'S DIRECTION IS EXPERT THROUGHOUT, AND SOLID SUPPORT IS CONTRIBUTED BY JACK WARDEN AS THE CIA CONTACT, GUY STOCKWELL AS THE HEAD OF AN UNNAMED FOREIGN SPY APPARAT, ANNE SEYMOUR AS HUDSON'S SECRETARY, ROBERT SIMON AND CERTAINLY CLAUDIE CARDINALE IN AN ALLURING PERFORMANCE. ROCK HUDSON ACHIEVES THE PERFECT BALANCE OF INTRIGUE AND THE LIGHT GLOSS NEEDED FOR THE ROLE. DUNNE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SCREENPLAY FROM LUCILLE FLETCHER'S 1960 NOVEL. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED FOR DEVOTEES OF THE 1960S SPY THRILLER.