at the name of pinter and every knee shall bow especially after his nobel literature prize acceptance speech which do little more than regurgitate can and by the number and sixth form anti americanism . but this be even bad while not only be it a tour de force of talentlessness and a superb example of how to get away with coast on your decade old reputation and but it also represent the butchery of a superb piece . the original sleuth be a masterpiece of it kind . yes and it be a theatrical confection and and it be easy to see how it central plot device would work well on the stage than the screen and but it still work terrifically well . this be a michael caine vanity piece and but let face it and caine be no olivier . not only can he not fill larry shoe and he couldn not even fill his bathroom slipper . the appropriately name caine be and after all and a distinctly average actor and whose only real recommendation and like so many british actor and be their longevity in the business . he be a good harry palmer and excellent in get carter and but that yer lot and mate . give this a very wide berth and stick to the superb original . this be more of a half pinter .