Endless Night 1971  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Agatha Christie's Endless Night
Director: Sidney Gilliat
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, George Sanders, Per Oscarsson, Lois Maxwell, Peter Bowles, Walter Gotell, Helen Horton, Robert Keegan, Aubrey Richards, David Healy, David Bauer, Ann Way
Based on an Agatha Christie novel that is different from her usual hero/heroine sleuth, this unusual psychological thriller begins with Michael (Hywel Bennett) pining over a beautiful estate that he would never be able to afford. Now working as a chauffer, he meets a beautiful young American, Ellie (Hayley Mills), who is vacationing in England. They hit it off, and when he finds that she is one of America's richest people, he convinces her to buy the estate. They also fall in love and move into their new home. All is happy for the couple until strange things begin to happen, and friends, relatives, and neighbors continue to pop up. Where this all leads is not revealed until late in the film.
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 Ipcress File 1965  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd, Gordon Jackson, Aubrey Richards, Frank Gatliff, Thomas Baptiste, Oliver MacGreevy, Freda Bamford, Pauline Winter, Anthony Blackshaw, Barry Raymond, David Glover, Stanley Meadows
This film led to two more "Harry Palmer" sequels. Based on Len Deighton's fine spy novel, the film continues in the same vein with Michael Caine as the British secret agent Palmer whose mission is to investigate brainwashing of scientists. The trail leads behind the Iron Curtain while Palmer searches for missing Dr. Radcliff (Aubrey Richards) who possesses the valuable file with the word "Ipcress" printed on it. When Radcliff is found, it is learned that he has been brainwashed, and now Palmer is battling not only the kidnappers but the CIA as well. Sequels: "Funeral in Berlin" and "Billion Dollar Brain."
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| 1. Endless Night (1971)
aka: Agatha Christie's Endless Night
2. Ipcress File (1965)
3. It (1967)
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