Synopsis
The Ipcress File is a British spy film, based on Len Deighton's novel. It stars Michael Caine as Harry Palmer, an anti-establishment intelligence agent who must stop a sinister mind-control plot.
Did You Know?
- Michael Caine's first lead role in a movie.
- The film's title, 'Ipcress', is an acronym for 'Induction of Psycho-neuroses by Conditioned Reflex under strESS'.
- Author Len Deighton has a cameo as a scientist.
- Shot in London and Shepperton Studios, Surrey, England.
- Michael Caine wears his own glasses in the movie.
Iconic Quotes
- My enemies are in the government. How about yours?
- Caught in the bloody crossfire between the Russians and the Americans.
- Every government has its secret service branch. America, CIA; France, Deuxième Bureau; England, MI5. NATO also has its own. A messy job? Well that's when they usually call on me or someone like me. Oh yes, my name is Palmer, Harry Palmer.
- I'm just a professional doing a job.
- Your only real enemy is yourself.
