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Information
- Year
- 1965
- Runtime
- 109 min.
- Director
- Sidney J. Furie
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Rating *
- 7.3
- Votes *
- 9,323
- Checks
- 1,918
- Favs
- 115
- Dislikes
- 12
- Favs/checks
- 6.0% (1:17)
- Favs/dislikes
- 10:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
The Ipcress File is a 1965 procedural spy thriller starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer, the unnamed protagonist from Len Deighton's spy novels. Caine's Palmer is slightly insubordinate and cool as ice, something that's true of the film's style as well, where the messiness of every day life is always present - creating a rich, textured world - in contrast with the direction's slick and sometimes surprising angles and sound design. And despite the crux of the story being about a new brainwashing technique that almost feels like science-fiction, the procedural is very much steeped in realism. The legwork, the office politics, even the action scenes, all seem very real and fairly unglamorous. So there's an artistic tension between the various elements, as well as the thriller's own natural tension. Caine would play this character several times more, as we will see over the course of this month. 8 years 6 months ago -
senorroboto
This might be the most British spy movie ever, a lot of stiff upper lip. The John Barry score is lively, if a bit repetitive (as a side note, was the Dexter theme song inspired by this? Compare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Jw6_Xgszk vs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZQrkLhSgpY). The visuals are pretty stylized, very heavy on the dutch angles. Michael Caine is charming as a Bond-esque roguish ladies man. Definitely a good pick of the 1960s British Crime/Spy genre. 9 years 7 months ago -
Dieguito
Now I understand why Michael Caine is the butler of Batman, he was the Batman of his days lol 12 years 5 months ago
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This movie ranks #19 in BAFTA Award - Best British Film
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This movie ranks #59 in BFI's Top 100 British Films
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This movie ranks #91 in Time Out’s The 100 Best Thrillers
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This movie ranks #416 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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This movie ranks #445 in The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die
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This movie ranks #468 in Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life
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