George Segal, Alec Guinness and Max von Sydow square off against each other in this espionage thriller, adapted by Harold Pinter, from the novel by Adam Hall. Ace spy Quiller is lured away from holiday to replace a British agent who died while essaying a most challenging assignment: infiltrating the Neo-Nazi ranks. Now Quiller .. Read more
| Starring | George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max Von Sydow, Max von Sydow |
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| Director | Michael Anderson |
| Genres | Thriller |
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George Segal, Alec Guinness and Max von Sydow square off against each other in this espionage thriller, adapted by Harold Pinter, from the novel by Adam Hall. Ace spy Quiller is lured away from holiday to replace a British agent who died while essaying a most challenging assignment: infiltrating the Neo-Nazi ranks. Now Quiller must find the group's station in Germany. Along the way, however, he is abducted, tortured, reprogrammed, doped and almost blown up. The resilient spy, though, will show the evil Neo-Nazi leader Oktober that he has more lives than a cat and more tricks up his sleeve than anyone this side of James Bond.
| Starring | George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max Von Sydow, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger, Robert Flemyng, George Sanders, Robert Helpmann |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Anderson |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 1966 To Rent: DVD: To be confirmed To Buy: DVD: 11 Aug 2003 |
The thinking man's spy thriller, in as much as Harold Pinter wrote the script. Although the whole thing is ill-served... read more on Time Out
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Good 60s spy film
As someone who favours 'spy' thrillers I found this an enjoyable if rather slow paced film. George Segal plays an American agent in Berlin whose task it... read more »
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Average espionage
Average spy 'thriller', which is not particularly thrilling by today's standards, despite a good cast and some passable low-key acting.
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not Bond and not quite Palmer
Frankly this was poor except for perhaps the last 15 minutes.
Segal just does not have the presence or charisma of Bond or Palmer and the film is ... read more »
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