The immensely satisfying HOPSCOTCH has a dubbed version that Tubi is playing these days. It mostly affects the dialogue of Ned Beatty’s CIA head, who becomes apoplectic every time Walter Matthau’s protagonist one-ups his pursuers.
The film is so good (and good-natured) that it overcomes such mangling with ease. Matthau has never seemed more relaxed in a role; the writing is persistently - and dryly - funny; and the pacing is as breezy as they come. I can easily consider it an all-time favorite, and am extremely pleased to own Criterion’s version, which has all the dialogue intact.
