THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (PG)
D: Michael Anderson
Rank (Ivan Foxwell)
UK 1966
105 mins
Thriller
W: Harold Pinter [based on the novel "The
Berlin Memorandum" by Adam Hall]
DP: Erwin Hillier
Ed: Frederick Wilson
Mus: John Barry
George Segal (Quiller), Max Von Sydow (Oktober), Alec Guinness
(Pol), Senta Berger (Inge Lindt), George Sanders (Gibbs), Robert Helpmann (Weng), Robert Flemyng (Rushington)
The thinking man's James Bond, starring George Segal as
Quiller, a British spy sent into post-war Germany to uncover a secret Nazi organisation.
The plot is rather thin, but the charismatic performance of
the lead star make it an enjoyable watch. The look of the film is typically 60's, therefore it doesn't quite have the staying power of the 007 films made around about the same time.
6/10