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| Directed by | Ken Russell |
| Produced by | Harry Saltzman |
| Written by | Len Deighton (novel) John McGrath |
| Starring | Michael Caine Françoise Dorléac Karl Malden Ed Begley Oscar Homolka |
| Release date(s) | December 20, 1967 U. Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born 3 July 1927 is an English Film director. Harry Saltzman ( October 27 1915 - September 28 1994) was a theatre and Film producer best known for his mega-gamble which resulted Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr, CBE (born 14 March 1933 better known by his screen name Michael Caine, is an Oscar - and BAFTA Françoise Dorléac ( March 21, 1942 – June 26, 1967) was a popular French actress. Karl Malden (born on March 22, 1912) is an American Actor of Serbian origin known for his expansive manner Edward James Begley ( March 25, 1901 &ndash April 28, 1970) was an American award winning Actor. Oskar Homolka ( August 12, 1898 &ndash January 27, 1978) was an Austrian film and theatre Actor. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film S. release |
| Running time | 111 min |
| Language | English |
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Billion Dollar Brain is a 1967 Ken Russell film based on the novel Billion-Dollar Brain by Len Deighton. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born 3 July 1927 is an English Film director. Billion-Dollar Brain (1966 ISBN 0-09-985710-3 is a Cold War Spy novel by Len Deighton, and the fourth protagonised by an anonymous secret agent Leonard Cyril Deighton (born February 18, 1929, Marylebone, London) is a British Historian, Cookery expert The film features Michael Caine as secret agent 'Harry Palmer', the anti-heroic protagonist of the cinematic versions of The IPCRESS File (1964) and Funeral in Berlin (1965). Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr, CBE (born 14 March 1933 better known by his screen name Michael Caine, is an Oscar - and BAFTA Harry Palmer is the fictional Secret agent Protagonist of three Films based on Spy novels written by Len Deighton. The IPCRESS File was the first Spy novel by Len Deighton, published in 1962 Funeral in Berlin is a Spy novel by Len Deighton. The subject of the novel — arranging a Soviet scientist's defection — is dated but the characters
Movie details
In the cinematic Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Harry Palmer, working as a private investigator, is paid to take a package to Helsinki. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. He does not know that he is about to encounter his old acquaintance Leo Newbiggin (Karl Malden) -- nor that the package contains virus-filled eggs that have been stolen from the British government's research facility at Porton Down. Karl Malden (born on March 22, 1912) is an American Actor of Serbian origin known for his expansive manner Porton Down is a UK government and military Science park. It is situated slightly northeast of Porton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, Later, he is coerced into working once more for the British secret service. This article is about the form of gov policing For other meanings see Secret Service (disambiguation. He must become a member of the 'Facts for Freedom' organisation (a ultra-right-wing group led by maniacal oil-billionaire 'General' Midwinter) and thwart its planned attempt at liberating Latvia from Soviet domination; he must also recover the stolen virus for the British. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group
The film's plot relies heavily upon the sophisticated 'brain' (computer) [1] with which the FFF controls its Latvian anti-Soviet spy network. Anti-Sovietism and Anti-Soviet refer to persons and activities actually or allegedly aimed against the Soviet Union or the Soviet power within the Soviet The film directly refers to the ice battle in Alexander Nevsky (1938), by Sergei Eisenstein. Alexander Nevsky (Александр Невский is a Historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Dmitry Vasiliev and produced Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн January 23, 1898 &ndash February 11, 1948) was [2] Billion Dollar Brain is the third of the Harry Palmer film series, preceded by The Ipcress File (1964) and Funeral in Berlin (1965). The Ipcress File is a 1965 film adaptation of Len Deighton 's 1962 novel The IPCRESS File. Funeral in Berlin is a 1966 film based on the spy novel by Len Deighton. It is the only film in which Ken Russell worked as a mainstream 'director-for-hire', and the last film to feature actress Françoise Dorléac. Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born 3 July 1927 is an English Film director. Françoise Dorléac ( March 21, 1942 – June 26, 1967) was a popular French actress.
References
- ^ The computer consoles in the film are Honeywell 200 mainframe consoles. The system console, root console or simply console is the text entry and display device for system administration messages particularly those from the BIOS The Honeywell 200 was a character-oriented two-address commercial computer introduced by Honeywell in the early 1960s the basis of later models including 1200
- ^ Billion Dollar Brain, Time Out, London, Film Guide. Accessed: 03-08-2008.
External links
- Billion Dollar Brain at the Internet Movie Database
- Billion Dollar Brain photos – From Michael Caine fansite in Russia