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The 1980 [[The Film of the Book|adaptation]] of [[Hopscotch (Garfield novel)|the Brian Garfield novel]], co-written by the original author. This [[Cold War]]-era espionage comedy stars Walter Matthau as Miles Kendig, a CIA field agent who is [[Kicked Upstairs]] after refusing to [[Deadly Euphemism|terminate]] his Soviet counterpart, an affable [[Incredibly Lame Pun|operator]] named Yaskov (Herbert Lom). [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|Ned Beatty]] plays Myerson, the immature bureaucrat who does the kicking — and [[Cluster F-Bomb|screaming]]. Rather than ride a desk for the next few years, Kendig decides to write and publish his memoirs, including thirty years' worth of state secrets. Aided by his lover Isobel (Glenda Jackson) and hunted by his protege Joe Cutter (Sam Waterston), Kendig skips around the globe as the CIA and KGB race to apprehend him.

[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] [[Hopscotch|theany 1963of novel]]the byother Argentinianworks writernames ''[[Julio Cortazar|Julio CortázarHopscotch]]''.