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The Ipcress File (1965)
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1965
Running Times: 109 mins
Length: 9,810 ft
Format: Technicolor 35mm Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Steven / Lowndes
Executive Producer: Charles Kasher
Producer: Harry Saltzman
Associate Producer: Ronald Kinnoch
Production Manager: Denis Johnson
SCRIPT
Script: Bill Canaway, James Doran
Novel: Len Deighton
DIRECTION
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Assistant Director: Fred Slark
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Otto Heller
Camera Operator: Brian Elvin
Focus: John Morgan
Stills: George Courtney Ward
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Hunt
Assembly Editor: Nicholas Stevenson
MUSIC
Music / Conductor: John Barry
SOUND
Sound Mixers: Peter Davies, Maurice Askew
Sound Editors: Norman Wanstall, Ben Rayner
Sound Dubbing: The Gate Recording Theatre
ADR Recorded At: CTS Studios
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Phil Leakey
Hair: Barbara Ritchie
Wardrobe Mistress: Muriel Dickson
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Kenneth Adam
Art Director: Peter Murton
Set Dresser: Michael White
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Pat Moon
LOCATIONS
Locations: Albert Hall and Mansions, London, England, UK,
Blackfriars Bridge, London, England, UK, London, England,
UK, Old Scotland Yard, London, England, UK, The
Admiralty, London, England, UK, Trafalgar Square, London,
England, UK, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England,
UK
Studio: Pinewood Studios,
Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Location Manager: Ross MacKenzie
CASTING
Casting: Weston Drury Jr
CAST
Michael Caine (Harry Palmer)
Nigel Green (Major Dalby)
Guy Doleman (Major H.L. Ross)
Sue Lloyd (Jean Courtney)
Gordon Jackson (Jock Carswell)
Aubrey Richards (Radcliffe)
Frank Gatliff (Bluejay)
Thomas Baptiste (Barney)
Oliver Macgreevy (Housemartin)
Freda Bamford (Alice)
Pauline Winter (charlady)
Anthony Blackshaw (Edwards)
Barry Raymond (Gray)
David Glover (Chilcott-Oakes)
Stanley Meadows (Inspector Pat Keightley)
Peter Ashmore (Sir Robert)
Michael Murray (raid inspector)
Anthony Baird (raid sergeant)
Tony Caunter (O.N.I. man)
Charles Rea (Taylor)
Ric Hutton (records officer)
Douglas Blackwell (Murray)
Richard Burrell (operator)
Glynn Edwards (police station sergeant)
Zsolt Vadaszffy (prison doctor)
Joseph Behrmann, Max Faulkner, Paul S. Chapman (prison
guards)
Richard Beale (security clerk - uncredited)
Howell Evans (first agent - uncredited)
Mollie Maureen (tea girl - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
Several leading
scientists have disappeared only to turn up again a a few
days later, brainwashed and unable to continue their
work. Secret agent Harry Palmer is assigned to the case -
but what are the real motives behind his selection for
the job?
CAPSULE REVIEW
In the wake of the James
Bond phenomena came a series of rather more realistic spy
thrillers based on Len Deighton's novels. This first film
is one of the best, stylishly directed by Furie and acted
brilliantly by Caine. Its grittier approach provides the
perfect complement to the more garish excesses of the
Bond series.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Rank
DVD Distributor: The Carlton Silver Collection (37115
00223)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
Laserdisc Distributor: The Roan Group (RGL 9642)
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay (DV 10925, includes -
commentary by Sidney J. Furie and Peter Hunt, stills
gallery)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
Germany
Rating: 12
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: A
AWARDS
1966
British Academy Awards, UK
Best British Art Direction: Colour (Ken Adam) - winner
Best British Cinematography: Colour (Otto Heller) -
winner
Best British Film (Sidney J. Furie) - winner
Best British Actor (Michael Caine) - nominated
Best British Screenplay (Bill Canaway, James Doran) -
nominated
Edgar Allan Poe
Awards, USA
Edgar Best Foreign Film (Bill Canaway, James Doran) -
winner
Laurel Awards,
USA
Golden Laurel: Sleeper of the Year - winner
TIMELINE
1965
July
2: West Germany - theatrical release
August
2: USA - theatrical release
September
6: Sweden - theatrical release
30: Denmark - theatrical release
1966
January
7: Finland - theatrical release
1974
May
24: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1977
March
25: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1979
May
27: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1983
December
26: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)
1986
January
6: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1996
December
29: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1997
October
28: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1998
December
29: USA - laserdisc release (The Roan Group (RGL 9642))
1999
January
9: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
October
11: UK - DVD release (The Carlton Silver Collection
(37115 00223))
12: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV 10925))
2002
April
2: USA - television broadcast (on TCM 256)
LINKS
SEQUELS
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
Midnight in St Petersburg (1995)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Classic Television no.5
(June / July 1998) pp.10-25 (UK)
illustrated article, synopsis
Daily Cinema 19 March
1965 p.6
review
FilmMagasinet February /
March 1996 p.81 (Norway)
review (by Dag Tufte)
Kine Weekly no.2999 (25
March 1965) p.8 (UK)
review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.32
no.376 (May 1965) p.70 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by P.H.)
Radio Times 17 - 30
December 1983 p.16 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review
Sight and Sound vol.34
no.3 (Summer 1965) p.150 (UK)
review (by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith)
Variety 24 March 1965
(USA)
credits, synopsis, review (by 'Rich')
BOOKS
British National Film Catalogue vol.3
(1965)
credits KEYWORDS
secret agents, spies, brainwashing, scientists
Last Updated:
1 March, 2009
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