1965 · thriller · spy
The Ipcress File (1965)
Directed by Sidney J. Furie1h 49m1965
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
Our read: The Ipcress File (1965) (1965) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · spy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / spy, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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