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The Ipcress File (1965)

03/18/1965 Thriller 1h 49m
68%
User
Score
7.2/10
97%
66/100

The spy story of the century.

Overview

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.

Sidney J. Furie

Director

W.H. Canaway

Screenplay

James Doran

Screenplay

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Top Billed Cast

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Harry Palmer

Nigel Green

Nigel Green

Major Dalby

Guy Doleman

Guy Doleman

Colonel Ross

Sue Lloyd

Sue Lloyd

Jean

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Carswell

Aubrey Richards

Aubrey Richards

Radcliffe

Frank Gatliff

Frank Gatliff

Bluejay

Thomas Baptiste

Thomas Baptiste

Barney

Oliver MacGreevy

Oliver MacGreevy

Housemartin

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Media

The Ipcress File (1965) Original Trailer [HD]

The Ipcress File (1965) Original Trailer [HD]

Mark Kermode reviews The Ipcress File | BFI Player

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Howard Rodman on THE IPCRESS FILE

Howard Rodman on THE IPCRESS FILE

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Reviews

A review by Kenneth Axel Carlsson

Written on 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, not pleased.

In an abandoned warehouse, Palmer finds a small piece of tape with the name IPCRESS on, but at this point in the movie, has no idea what it means, if anything. Later on, though, he learns that it is an abbreviation of "Induction of Psychoneuroses by Conditioned Reflex Under Stress". When a scientist suddenly appears, with a strange memory loss, all the dots are about to get connec...

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A review by JPV852

Written on 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**...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on 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 sceptical about the whole thing - not least because he thinks he's been chosen in the hope that he won't come out alive... Anyway, as his investigation progresses he starts to smell quite a large rat in his organisation and realises that neither his old nor his new boss entirely trust one another! Can he stay alive long enough to solve the puzzle? This is quite a compelling adaptation of Len Deig...

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