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The Ipcress File

Name: The Ipcress File
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1965-03-18
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 6.8

★ 6,8 /10 (354 Votes)

1965 EN 109 min

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.

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Release date

18/03/1965

Votes

354

Popularity

2.4

The spy story of the century.

Genres

Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

109 min

Michael Caine

Harry Palmer

Nigel Green

Major Dalby

Guy Doleman

Colonel H.L. Ross

Sue Lloyd

Jean Courtney

Gordon Jackson

Jock Carswell

Aubrey Richards

Dr. Radcliffe

Frank Gatliff

Bluejay

Thomas Baptiste

Barney

Oliver MacGreevy

Housemartin

Freda Bamford

Alice

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Pauline Winter

Charlady

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Anthony Blackshaw

Edwards

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Barry Raymond

Gray

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David Glover

Chilcott-Oakes

Stanley Meadows

Inspector Pat Keightley

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Peter Ashmore

Sir Robert

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Mike Murray

Raid Inspector

Anthony Baird

Raid Sergeant

Tony Caunter

O.N.I Man

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Charles Rea

Taylor

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Ric Hutton

Records Officer

Douglas Blackwell

Murray

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Richard Burrell

Operator

Glynn Edwards

Police Station Sergeant

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Zsolt Vadaszffy

Prison Doctor

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Josef Behrmann

Prison Guard

Max Faulkner

Prison Guard

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Paul S. Chapman

Prison Guard

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Richard Beale

Security Clerk (uncredited)

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Victor Charrington

Security Guard (uncredited)

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Michael Collins

R.S.M. (uncredited)

Howell Evans

First Agent (uncredited)

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Peter Evans

Scientist (uncredited)

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Victor Harrington

Audience Member at Symposium (uncredited)

George Holdcroft

Scientist (uncredited)

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Pat Judge

Bluejay's Minder (uncredited)

Mollie Maureen

Tea Girl (uncredited)

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Richard Neller

Scientist (uncredited)

Dido Plumb

Scientist (uncredited)

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David Saire

Technician (uncredited)

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Jack Sharp

Security Guard (uncredited)

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George Spence

Scientist (uncredited)

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William F. Sully

Bluejay's Minder (uncredited)

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Harry Tierney

Scientist (uncredited)

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Maggie Wright

Dalby's Staff (uncredited)

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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 le…

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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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"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…

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