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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Billion
EAN: 9781404994638
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404994637
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 04, 2005
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 33343
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1967
Editorial Review:
Description:
Secret agent Harry Palmer (OscarÂ(r)-winner Michael Caine - Best Supporting Actor, The Cider House Rules, 1999; Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986) is blackmailed into working for MI5 again on his wildest - and most dangerous - assignment yet. An insane oil billionaire, intent on destroying Communism by starting a new world war, is close to achieving his goal with the help of the world's largest, and mostpowerful, computer. Harry is the only man who may be able to stop him; but as he races from London to Finland to Latvia to Texas and back, he must determine who of his supposed allies (a sexy Russianagent, a Soviet colonel and an American mercenary) is the one he can actually trust!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The most disappointing of the Harry Palmer, so called, spy movies.
This is a classic cold war era Harry Palmer, now a retired spy, movie with Michael Caine. It does not deal with the cold war as such and is a James Bond style story about a Texas megalomaniac who wants to take over the world. The computer, after which the movie is named, plays only a small part in the proceedings. The movie is a strange blend of the remnants of Harry's cold war foes and a rather silly series of contrived situations with the followers of the Texan which culminate in everything being ... Read More
Rating:  - One of the most ridiculous finale ever
The movie starts well, but then the leftist ideas of the director take over and we are given one of the most ridiculous, absurd villains ever. Not to mention that the KGB general (Homolka) is presented as a refined, cultured gentleman, while the "Texan billionaire" of leftist fantasy is completely rotten. Yeah, the West stinks, those that fought the Communist were crooks, and the Communists are the true gentlemen, this seems to be the message of a movie whose director should have spent time in a KGB ... Read More
Rating:  - Don't waste your time
I've read quite a few of Len Deighton's novels and watched and enjoyed the 2 earlier Harry Palmer movies ("The Ipcress File" And "Funeral In Berlin"). So when I came across this movie, I bought it hoping to find another well done anti-Bond flick. No such luck.
In the movie, Palmer takes on a fanatical billonaire, General Midwinter, who has his own private army and a plot to take on Russia and gain freedom for one of the Soviet states. "Takes on" is probably an overstatement, since Palmer ... Read More
Rating:  - Classic at its best!
Excellent panavision film with great suspence and International espionage scenes. You will surely love this film as its a series of short films by British actor Michael Caine.
Rating: - Harry Palmer Continues
This is what happens when Hollywood decides to cash in on a character. This movie is scenic, well shot, decently acted but lacks the snap and high drama of Caine's classics--Ipcress File and Funeral In Berlin who were both done at Pinewood Studios in London. I suspect the screenplay was done by someone who knows precious little about MI-6.
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