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The Quiller Memorandum

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5.7/10 • 79

1966-11-101h 44m

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He played the most dangerous game in Europe, and he played it alone.

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

Directors
Michael Anderson
Editors
Frederick Wilson

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  1. George Segal

    George Segal

    Quiller

  2. Alec Guinness

    Alec Guinness

    Pol

  3. Max von Sydow

    Max von Sydow

    Oktober

  4. Senta Berger

    Senta Berger

    Inge Lindt

  5. George Sanders

    George Sanders

    Gibbs

  6. Robert Helpmann

    Robert Helpmann

    Weng

  7. Robert Flemyng

    Robert Flemyng

    Rushington

  8. Peter Carsten

    Peter Carsten

    Hengel

  9. Ernst Walder

    Ernst Walder

    Grauber

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John Chard

Mar 27, 2016

6/10

Oktober, and the trees are stripped bare. The Quiller Memorandum is directed by Michael Anderson and adapted to screenplay by Harold Pinter from the novel "The Berlin Memorandum" written by Elleston Trevor. It stars George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow and Senta Berger. Music is by John Barry and cinematography by Erwin Hillier. There's no frills and graces about The Quiller Memorandum, it follows a straight spy drama narrative that pitches Segal (excellently cool) into Berlin to unearth the location of some Neo-Nazis. He gets involved with the sensual Berger whilst battling his wits with an insidious Sydow. Location photography is pleasing, as is the swirly score, but even though there's a nice ambiguity to the finale, there's a feeling of disappointment that actually not a great deal has happened in over an hour and half of film. Not dull exactly, and in fact there's enough interest to, well, hold the interest, but for every leanly written passage of play there also comes a yearning to have some espionage pizazz to thrill the senses. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
$1,500,000.00
Keywords
spy