Billion Dollar Brain (1967) | |
| Director(s) | Ken Russell |
| Producer(s) | Andre De Toth (executive), Harry Saltzman |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Film Adaptation, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Spies |
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Billion Dollar Brain (1967) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Ken Russell and produced by Andre De Toth and Harry Saltzman.
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Michael Caine Meets a Billion Dollar Brain
By Rick29 on Jul 19, 2021 From Classic Film & TV CafeMichael Caine as Harry Palmer.It was assuredly no easy task to follow in the footsteps of two of the best spy thrillers of the 1960s: The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin. So, one must cut a little slack for Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Michael Caine’s third outing as thief-turned-spy Harry ... Read full article
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Col.Ross:
Of course you realize I could draft you back any time I like, but I'm doing the decent thing and asking you to come back, you should be bloody gratefull.
Harry Palmer: I'd be bloody grateful if you'd leave, Colonel.
Harry Palmer: OK, Leo, what's the catch?
Leo Newbigen: There's no catch.
Harry Palmer: Then who gets killed?
Leo Newbigen: Nobody gets killed.
Harry Palmer: There's no catch, and nobody gets killed? I'd still like to know more about it, Leo.
[Harry is shown a terminal of the Brain]
Harry Palmer: What does it do, tell fortunes?
Leo Newbigen: It *makes* fortunes: ours! Just a little toy, but it puts the MI5 and the CIA back into the Stone Age.
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Harry Palmer: I'd be bloody grateful if you'd leave, Colonel.
Harry Palmer: OK, Leo, what's the catch?
Leo Newbigen: There's no catch.
Harry Palmer: Then who gets killed?
Leo Newbigen: Nobody gets killed.
Harry Palmer: There's no catch, and nobody gets killed? I'd still like to know more about it, Leo.
[Harry is shown a terminal of the Brain]
Harry Palmer: What does it do, tell fortunes?
Leo Newbigen: It *makes* fortunes: ours! Just a little toy, but it puts the MI5 and the CIA back into the Stone Age.
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This was the third Harry Palmer film, after The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin. Michael Caine had originally signed a five-picture deal, but when he was reluctant to return to the role, producer Harry Saltzman let him out of the contract. Much later, though, he did make two more Harry Palmer films: Bullet to Beijing and Midnight in Saint Petersburg.
The voice of the computer heard over the phone before the titles is Donald Sutherland.
Michael Caine performed most of his own stunts. During the final ice floe scene, he almost slipped and fell into freezing water.
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The voice of the computer heard over the phone before the titles is Donald Sutherland.
Michael Caine performed most of his own stunts. During the final ice floe scene, he almost slipped and fell into freezing water.
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