Charlie Muffin (published in the United States under the title Charlie M.) is a 1977 spy thriller novel written by Brian Freemantle. Charlie Muffin is one of the top operatives in British Intelligence, despite his working-class background and scruffy appearance, and has been responsible for breaking up a major Soviet spy network in England, sending the network's leader Alexei Berenkov to prison for forty years.
Adaptations (1)
Charlie M was adapted into a 1979 film.
Charlie Muffin1979 · film · 104 min · dir. Jack Gold · IMDb ↗IMDb6.7Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas takes over and wants Charlie out. But then a high-ranking Soviet spy-master hints that he wants to defect, and both British Intelligence and the CIA want him and will do anything to get him. Charlie may be the only man who can bring the defection off successfully, but is the whole thing an elaborate set-up? And when your so-called allies are stabbing each other and you in the back to get this prize, whom can Charlie trust on either side?
