‘The Ipcress File’ Trailer: Joe Cole Is Harry Palmer In AMC+’s Reboot Of The Classic ’60s Spy Series
Of all the great, classic spy and espionage films or TV shows— Bond, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ the Jack Ryan films and TV shows, the “Kingsman’ series, “Three Days Of The Condor,” and all the classic spy films from the 1960s and ‘70s, etc.—the one that mainstream audiences probably know the least well is “The Ipcress File.”
Based on the globally renowned Len Deighton spy novel of the same name, “The Ipcress File” series starred Michael Caine as Harry Palmer and ended up as a trilogy of films: “The Ipcress File” (1965), “Funeral in Berlin” (1966) and “Billion Dollar Brain” (1967), this of course back in the day when movie studios didn’t really know how to franchise something by including a franchise title to tie the films together (decades later Caine returned to the character in 1995’s “Harry Alan Towers’ Bullet to Beijing” and 96’s “Midnight in Saint Petersburg”).
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Based on the globally renowned Len Deighton spy novel of the same name, “The Ipcress File” series starred Michael Caine as Harry Palmer and ended up as a trilogy of films: “The Ipcress File” (1965), “Funeral in Berlin” (1966) and “Billion Dollar Brain” (1967), this of course back in the day when movie studios didn’t really know how to franchise something by including a franchise title to tie the films together (decades later Caine returned to the character in 1995’s “Harry Alan Towers’ Bullet to Beijing” and 96’s “Midnight in Saint Petersburg”).
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- 5/5/2022
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Ahead of American Ultra's arrival in UK cinemas, here's our pick of the 25 finest, sneakiest secret agents in film...
Operatives. Spies. Moles. Infiltrators. Secret agents go by many names. In fact, Britain's national security agency doesn't even call them agents - they're covert human intelligence sources, or simply “officers".
Whatever we choose to call them, secret agents lead necessarily furtive and obscure lives - so obscure that most of what we know about them is defined by what we've seen and read in books and movies.
During the Cold War, the image of the secret agent as a well-groomed sophisticate in a suit proliferated all over the world, and even in the high-tech landscape of the 21st century, that image still stands - just look at such movies as Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and, of course, the Bond franchise. But secret agents can come in many other guises,...
Operatives. Spies. Moles. Infiltrators. Secret agents go by many names. In fact, Britain's national security agency doesn't even call them agents - they're covert human intelligence sources, or simply “officers".
Whatever we choose to call them, secret agents lead necessarily furtive and obscure lives - so obscure that most of what we know about them is defined by what we've seen and read in books and movies.
During the Cold War, the image of the secret agent as a well-groomed sophisticate in a suit proliferated all over the world, and even in the high-tech landscape of the 21st century, that image still stands - just look at such movies as Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and, of course, the Bond franchise. But secret agents can come in many other guises,...
- 8/27/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
London, Sep 18 – Legendary actor Michael Caine has revealed that he had a close shave with Russian mafia while shooting in the country for one of his films in the 1990s.
Michael was filming scenes for his 1996 movie ‘Midnight in Saint Petersburg’ and was assigned two machine gun-toting guards to protect him from the local mob.
However, he soon realized he was safe when the gangsters told him they were bankrolling his movie and he’s not on the list of hitmen.
“I was sitting in my usual corner of the cafe when one of the mafia guys came over and asked if he could.
Michael was filming scenes for his 1996 movie ‘Midnight in Saint Petersburg’ and was assigned two machine gun-toting guards to protect him from the local mob.
However, he soon realized he was safe when the gangsters told him they were bankrolling his movie and he’s not on the list of hitmen.
“I was sitting in my usual corner of the cafe when one of the mafia guys came over and asked if he could.
- 9/18/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Michael Caine had a brush with the Russian mafia while filming in the country in the 1990s - but realised he was safe when the gangsters told him they were bankrolling his movie.
The legendary British actor was in the former Soviet Union to shoot scenes for his 1996 picture Midnight in Saint Petersburg, and was assigned two machine gun-toting guards to protect him from the local mob.
But he soon relaxed when a gangster approached him in a cafeteria to assure him he was not a target for hitmen.
In his new autobiography, The Elephant To Hollywood, Caine writes, "I was sitting in my usual corner of the cafe... when one of the mafia guys came over and asked if he could join me. As if I could possibly say no.
"'Why do you have all these stupid bodyguards?' he asked. I replied to him all innocently, as if I had no idea of his occupation: 'They say that there's mafia here in St Petersburg and I'm worried about our safety.'
"He let out a great laugh and slapped his thigh. 'You work for...' and he gave the name of a Russian movie company that I didn't quite catch. Did I? He stood up and said: 'We own that. There's no need to worry - you're the safest man in the whole of St Petersburg.'"
Despite the villain's assurances, Caine has no doubt how he feels about the shoot, adding: "It was my worst professional experience ever."...
The legendary British actor was in the former Soviet Union to shoot scenes for his 1996 picture Midnight in Saint Petersburg, and was assigned two machine gun-toting guards to protect him from the local mob.
But he soon relaxed when a gangster approached him in a cafeteria to assure him he was not a target for hitmen.
In his new autobiography, The Elephant To Hollywood, Caine writes, "I was sitting in my usual corner of the cafe... when one of the mafia guys came over and asked if he could join me. As if I could possibly say no.
"'Why do you have all these stupid bodyguards?' he asked. I replied to him all innocently, as if I had no idea of his occupation: 'They say that there's mafia here in St Petersburg and I'm worried about our safety.'
"He let out a great laugh and slapped his thigh. 'You work for...' and he gave the name of a Russian movie company that I didn't quite catch. Did I? He stood up and said: 'We own that. There's no need to worry - you're the safest man in the whole of St Petersburg.'"
Despite the villain's assurances, Caine has no doubt how he feels about the shoot, adding: "It was my worst professional experience ever."...
- 9/17/2010
- WENN
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