Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
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Michael Caine
Harry Palmer
Nigel Green
Major Dalby
Guy Doleman
Colonel Ross
Sue Lloyd
Jean
Gordon Jackson
Carswell
Aubrey Richards
Radcliffe
Frank Gatliff
Bluejay
Thomas Baptiste
Barney
Oliver MacGreevy
Housemartin
Freda Bamford
Alice
Director
Sidney J. Furie
Screenplay
W.H. Canaway
Tagline
"The spy story of the century."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
The Rank Organisation, Lowndes Productions Limited, Steven S.A.
Kenneth Axel Carlsson
December 29, 2014
A scientist disappears from a train, a man dies. Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) is one of many investigators on the case, looking for a man named Grantby. He follows a lead to a library where he gets the feeling that something big is at stake here. After a fight with one of Grantby's goons, he returns to his captain with the bad news that he has been unsuccessful. The captain is for obvious reasons,...
JPV852
November 27, 2020
Slow but still engaging British spy thriller that is almost completely carried by Michael Caine more so than the story. Still, well directed by Sidney J. Furie and now interested in checking out the other Harry Palmer films with Caine. **3.5/5**
CinemaSerf
December 25, 2023
"Harry Palmer" (Michael Caine) has a reputation with his boss "Ross" (Guy Doleman) of being a bit of a pain in the neck. It comes as as source of great delight, then, when he gets to redeploy him into the department of "Dalby" (Nigel Green). His task? Well it seems that there's quite a sophisticated operation going on to kidnap and brainwash some of the top scientists of the day. "Palmer" is a bit...
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