a an avowed life long fan of mr. caine and and a true fanatic for the manchurian candidate and i be willing to give this whole miserable mess a bit of slack and until i get about twenty minute into another scene w or mr. caine a mr. holcroft loudly remind u of his character seemingly endless stupidity . ( michael caine a a noisy simpleton . give me a big and fat nazi break . not even michael caine be that good of an actor . ) the idea that life in a nazi thriller unfolds like a pink panther sequel without punchlines be too difficult to swallow . some of the scene actually seem to me a if they be outtake or light check that end up in the final edit by accident . i do not think i would care so much except that it be my beloved michael caine i be talk about here . the screenwriter should have be shoot instead of this movie . the whole thing would have be more successful and excusable a a light comedy star peter seller a the bumbling holcroft and neatly miss numerous assassination attempt while manage to solve the entire mystery purely by accident . the queasy merger of bad 80 costume and completely uninspired cinematography be the only conspiracy worth note in this absurd waste of talent and money . i think the whole awful eighty cocaine craze be rampant on this movie set and and that no one could tell a terrible script from a silver spoon by the time the whole thing get into production . i agree with the early reviewer save this for a bad film night with some good friend after a few stiff drink be have by all and and hope no friendship be ruin in the process .