The Bourne Identity
Yeh, no, not that The Bourne Identity, but the other one. The original one from 1988 starring Richard Chamberlain as Jason Bourne, in a TV two-parter (three hours without adverts, four with) that also got a theatrical run – so a hit. This adaptation doesn’t do anything radical with Robert Ludlum’s original story. Man washes up on a beach in the south of France with amnesia and is nursed back to health by an alcoholic local doctor (Denholm Elliott). Neither man has any idea who this mystery person is, but telltale signs start to emerge – the amnesiac’s ability to strip down and re-assemble a gun in seconds, his knowledge of several foreign … Read more
