The Ipcress File (1965)
- Directed by
- Sidney J. Furie
- Genre
- spy film, detective film, political thriller film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 351 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British intelligence officer investigates the disappearances of top scientists. The case leads him into a web of brainwashing and Cold War secrets.
understatedgrittysuspensefulmethodicalbureaucraticcoolbleaklow-key
What happens
The Ipcress File is a 1965 British spy film directed by Sidney J. Furie, from a screenplay by Bill Canaway and James Doran, based on Len Deighton's 1962 novel The IPCRESS File. It stars Michael Caine as Harry Palmer, an intelligence officer from the War Office investigating the disappearances of high-level scientists. This film and its sequels were a deliberately downbeat alternative to the hugely successful James Bond films, even though some of the production team were previously involved with the 007 films, including producer Harry Saltzman, production designer Ken Adam, and composer John Barry. The Ipcress File was released by Rank Film Distributors on 18 March 1965. It received positive reviews and won three BAFTA Awards, including for Best British Film. In 1999, it was included at number 59 on the BFI list of the 100 best British films of the 20th century. There are two sequel films, Funeral in Berlin, released in 1966, and Billion Dollar Brain, released in 1967. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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