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The Ipcress File (1965)
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Michael Caine
made his first appearance as novelist Len Deighton's bespectacled British-spy Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File. Palmer has no real love of espionage, but he doesn't really know any other life. With studied insolence, he takes on the case of locating missing doctor Radcliffe (Aubrey Richards), who has in his possession a valuable file that would prove injurious to the Free World should it fall in the wrong hands. The government also fears that Radcliffe will be brainwashed by the enemy, as has happened to two previous British scientists. While Palmer is off doing everyone else's dirty work, his superior,
Nigel Green
, is making a deal with duplicitous information "broker" Frank Gatliff to win Radcliffe's release. The price for this would seem to be Palmer, who is captured by the enemy and subjected to a grueling brainwashing session. Palmer escapes, whereupon he confronts a traitor in his midst in the climactic exchange of gunfire. Advertised as "The Thinking Man's
Goldfinger
, The Ipcress File offered a far more realistic view of the morally ambivalent world of espionage than did the like-vintage James Bond films. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Peter Ashmore
Sir Robert
Freda Bamford
Alice
Thomas Baptiste
Barney
Michael Caine
Harry Palmer
Guy Doleman
Major Ross
Glynn Edwards
Police Station Sergeant
Frank Gatliff
Bluejay
Gordon Jackson
Jock Carswell
Sue Lloyd
Jean
Oliver Macgreevy
Housemartin
Stanley Meadows
Inspector Keightley
Aubrey Richards
Radcliffe
Nigel Green
Dalby
Pauline Winter
Charlady
Production Crew
Peter Murton
Art Director
Len Deighton
Book Author
Otto Heller
Cinematographer
John Barry
Composer (Music Score)
Sidney J. Furie
Director
Peter Hunt
Editor
Phil Leakey
Makeup
John Barry
Musical Direction/Supervision
Harry Saltzman
Producer
Ken Adam
Production Designer
Bill Canaway
Screenwriter
James Doran
Screenwriter
Michael White
Set Designer
Year: 1965
Runtime: 108
Country: UK
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Genre
Spy Film
Thriller
Produced by
Universal
Release
by J. Arthur Rank Productions
Awards
1965 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards
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