The Ipcress File (2022)

Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics 47m

71^%

User
Score

7.3/10

Overview

As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.

John Hodge

Creator

Len Deighton

Creator

Top Billed Cast

Joe Cole

Harry Palmer

Lucy Boynton

Jean Courtney

Tom Hollander

Major William Dalby

Ashley Thomas

Paul Maddox

Paul Higgins

Minister

David Dencik

Colonel Stok

Joshua James

Chico

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

General Cathcart

Anastasia Hille

Alice

Brian Ferguson

Ian Randall

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written on May 17, 2022

It took two tries several weeks apart for me to get through episode one, and now I see that I had to allow Harry Palmer to grow on me, which he did.

I am not a fan of spy programming, because they seem so similar with their themes of conspiracy in the halls of power and heroes not knowing who they can trust as they try to save the world, or at least a corner of it.

But once I connected to Mr...

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