The Ipcress File
Taste attributes: mysterythrillerespionagehistoricaldramatried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs
"The spy story of the century."
Boxlist takeExpect a layered, heavy thriller, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.9 /10
TMDB · 199 votes
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What lines up
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Directed by
- Sidney J. Furie
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Mystery
- Year
- 1965
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Lowndes Productions Limited
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
