Aubrey Richards,
Gordon Jackson,
Guy Doleman,
Michael Caine,
Nigel Green
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Reluctant British spy Harry Palmer has to deal with bureaucracy, brainwashing and lots of really cool camera angles while on a mission to rescue kidnapped scientist Dr. Radcliffe.
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Another classic from Michael Caine with this sort of James Bond theme but in my opinion has a better score from John Barry, this should have been a James Bond film but is still good in its own special way.
At the rise of the 007 mania, and the effervescence of the swingin' sixties and the new wave, square secret service agent Harry Palmer was born.
Most of the same people who gave life to Fleming's spy; including John Barry, Ken Adam and many more; had their hands in this, his anti...( read more)
Intelligent and perfectly cast 60s spy thriller that's a little too self conciously gimmicky for it's own good, but Caine's on top form, and the brainwashing scene is highly memorable.
Spy thrillers rarely get better than this fairly realistic adaptation of Len Deigthon's novel. Wonderful performances from everyone involved. It's also pretty obvious that the Austin Powers character is somewhat influenced by Caine's Harry Palmer in this film (check out the gla...( read more)
Quite an amazing british-spy thriller. Much more realistic than the James Bond franchise,mainly because everything in this film is totallt shot on location in England. And of course Michael Caine as Harry Palmer is excellent. Highly recomended
The first in the series of the Harry Palmer spy films. One of the best spy thrillers.
An interesting film. Kinda like a Dirty-Harry-ish James Bond. Great ending! Cool to see a young Michael Caine.
This tense, classic spy thriller by Len Deighton was somewhat of a star-making role for Michael Caine, courtesy of a strong, memorable performance as Harry Palmer.
wow just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that the director of this Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics movie had done a good job of directing this movie b...( read more)
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