The Ipcress File
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Short description
Harry Palmer is an intelligence agent in British military service whose superiors regard him as arrogant and insubordinate. When a British scientist disappears, Palmer's superior, Colonel Ross, puts him on the case and assigns him a new team. The trail leads him toward a recorded tape marked IPCRESS, and the investigation draws him into double-dealing, kidnapping and murder as he uncovers a traitor close to the heart of the secret service. The film is a spy thriller set in London and adapted from Len Deighton's novel of the same name, with Michael Caine in the lead role.
Sidney J. Furie directed, working from a screenplay by W.H. Canaway and James Doran; Harry Saltzman produced. It was Furie's second film as director, following The Snake Woman, and his next was The Appaloosa. Alongside Caine, the credited cast includes Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd, Gordon Jackson and Aubrey Richards, among 45 credited cast members and 48 credited crew.
The Ipcress File was released in March 1965 and runs 109 minutes. On IMDb it holds a critics' rating of 7.8/10 from 31 reviews, while on TMDB it has a rating of 6.8/10 from 361 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- Len Deighton, author of "The Ipcress File," was seriously passionate about cooking in addition to writing spy novels. He even had his own column in The Observer dedicated to culinary arts. Clippings from these columns can be seen in the film – they decorate the walls of Harry Palmer's kitchen.
- Christopher Plummer was initially planned for the role of Harry Palmer, but he had already signed a contract to star in "The Sound of Music," and Joan Collins was initially considered for the role of Jean.
- On the first day of filming, director Sidney Fury gathered the entire crew in the studio and burned the script. "This is what I think of it," he declared to his stunned colleagues. They had to rewrite everything urgently.
- Palmer is the first hero in a spy film to wear glasses (Michael Caine is actually nearsighted and wears glasses in everyday life).
- Harry Palmer's glasses were called Teviot 74. They were inexpensive yet very elegant glasses with dark brown frames. Len Dayton was also wearing the same ones at the time.
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