The Bourne Identity

Movie

1988

3h 5m

English

Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

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6.6

The Bourne Identity

Movie

1988

3h 5m

English

Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

An unconscious man is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he can't remember a thing. He does not know his name, he does not know where his flashback memories come from, and he does not know why the access code for an anonymous Swiss bank account is implanted in his thigh. As he seeks his own identity, things quickly become dangerous. There are attempts to kill him, he is well known in first class hotels across Europe, and worst of all, there are strange similarities between his memories and reported actions of the notorious terrorist, Carlos the Jackal.

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Cast

Jason Bourne

Marie St. Jacques

David Abbott

Gen. François Villiers

Yorgo Voyagis

Carlos

Denholm Elliott

Dr. Geoffrey Washburn

Fritz Koenig

The Fat Man

Gold Glasses

Chernak

Franziskus Abgottspon

Zurich cabbie #2

Man in bank lobby

Stossel

Gigantic Man

Boarding house manager

The Beggar

BBC TV newsman

Angelique

Vietnamese wife

Bertinelli

Man in elevator

Zurich cabbie #1

Johann

Peter

Vietnamese boy

Created By: Robert Ludlum

Directed By: Roger Young (2 Episodes)

Written By: Robert Ludlum (2 Episodes) (Novel)

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Jim222001 says...

3 years ago

The performance by the leads are a little too over the top. Jaclyn Smith is like Kim Basinger was cast with a panicky crying performance. The story is engaging though and supposedly more like the books.

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Likhon Ami says...

5 years ago

i was totally into bourne movies that's why i found it and gave it a watch...the camera work was not so great...some dialogues and scenes were funny...but what more can i expect from a movie that was released in 1988...i heard that this movie was close to the books...the story was decent..overall a good movie..liked it...

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jarvis-8243417 says...

5 years ago

Robert Ludlum’s bestselling novel The Bourne Identity is adapted as a mildly suspenseful and atmospheric TV movie. The story follows an injured man who washes ashore with no memory of who he is, but he slowly starts to suspect that he’s a hired assassin after following several clues and being pursued by a hit squad. Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith lead the cast and give cheesy, melodramatic performances. And Roger Young’s meandering, slow-paced directing doesn’t do the film any favors. The writing too is rather poor, particularly at making Bourne’s missing past a compelling mystery (which is a major failing). Incredibly long and arduous, The Bourne Identity is a bland spy thriller that feels rote and cliché.

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