Story Line
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.
“The spy story of the century.”
Top Cast
Michael Caine
Harry Palmer
Nigel Green
Major Dalby
Guy Doleman
Colonel Ross
Sue Lloyd
Jean
Gordon Jackson
Carswell
Aubrey Richards
Radcliffe
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Rating
6.8/ 10
Release Date
1965-03-18
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Thriller
Part of the Series
Harry Palmer Collection
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User Reviews (3)
Kenneth Axel Carlsson
5/10
•12/29/2014A 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. Aft...
JPV852
7/10
•11/27/2020Slow 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**
CinemaSerf
7/10
•12/25/2023"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...