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Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)

Midnight in Saint Petersburg poster
Directed by
Douglas Jackson
Genre
spy film
Country
Russia, United Kingdom, Canada
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British secret agent goes to Saint Petersburg on a mission. He must retrieve stolen plutonium before it falls into the wrong hands.

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What happens

Midnight in Saint Petersburg is a 1996 made-for-television thriller film starring Michael Caine for the fifth and final time as British secret agent Harry Palmer. It served as a sequel to Bullet to Beijing, which had been released the year before, the two films having been shot back-to-back. Three previous films featuring Caine as Palmer were released in the 1960s, beginning with The Ipcress File. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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