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10/11/1966 Thriller, Drama, Crime 1h 44m
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He played the most dangerous game in Europe, and he played it alone.

Overview

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

  1. Michael Anderson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. George Segal

    Quiller

  2. Alec Guinness

    Pol

  3. Max von Sydow

    Oktober

  4. Senta Berger

    Inge Lindt

  5. George Sanders

    Gibbs

  6. Robert Helpmann

    Weng

  7. Robert Flemyng

    Rushington

  8. Peter Carsten

    Hengel

  9. Ernst Walder

    Grauber

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-09-02
Unfortunately, time hasn't been very kind to this rather stilted cold war thriller. When two British agents are found dead in Berlin, it falls to "Quiller" (George Segal) to track down the elusive "Oktober" (Max von Sydow) before he gets his own comeuppance. The cat and mouse game is actually quite well executed - both sides desparate to find the location of the other's secret headquarters, and to establish whom is working for their enemies, but sadly Michael Anderson just can't quite elevate the film above a rather statically paced affair. Segal is efficient, but hardly charismatic and even A...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$1,500,000.00

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