 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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Kaleidoscope 1966  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Bank Breaker
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Warren Beatty, Susannah York, Clive Revill, Eric Porter, Murray Melvin, George Sewell, Stanley Meadows, John Junkin, Larry Taylor, Jane Birkin, Yootha Joyce, George Murcell
When a gambler marks cards so he can win at the casinos, his plans go awry because his new lover also just happens to be the daughter of a Scotland Yard inspector.
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| 1. Ipcress File (1965)
2. Kaleidoscope (1966)
aka: The Bank Breaker
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