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"Billion Dollar Brain" falls in the fatal category: it is a spy movie that commits the unforgivable sin of losing track of its plot. How can you take it seriously when the spy's mission is never made clear?
Billion-Dollar Brain is a 1966 Cold War spy novel by Len Deighton. It was the fourth to feature an unnamed secret agent working for the British WOOC (P) intelligence agency. It follows The IPCRESS File (1962), Horse Under Water (1963), and Funeral in Berlin (1964).
The third installment in the Harry Palmer series, Billion Dollar Brain relies on a conventional "Cold War" narrative while incorporating inventive twists and turns that correspond to today's trepidations about terrorism and homeland security. Featuring the prolific Michael Caine as the central protagonist Harry Palmer, viewers quickly learn of ...
Billion Dollar Brain. Summaries. British spy-turned-detective Harry Palmer stumbles upon an oil tycoon's plot to overthrow Communism using a supercomputer. Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective.
Director. Len Deighton. Novel. John McGrath. Screenplay. A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
A billion dollar brain — a supercomputer — is calling, and it has chosen the bespectacled British spy for a mission to Helsinki. With the frantic blast of horns, the “how” of that selection is revealed to be the whirling of magnetic tapes and shuffling of punch cards. PALMER. Infallible decision-making courtesy of the best tech of the era.
Directed by Ken Russell. Genres - Action, Adventure, Spy Film | Sub-Genres - Unglamorized Spy Film | Release Date - Dec 20, 1967 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 110 min. | Countries - United Kingdom | MPAA Rating - NR. AllMovie Rating. 6. User Ratings (0) Your Rating. Overview. Review. User Reviews. Cast & Crew. Releases. Related. Share on. facebook.
