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Japanese movie poster image for billion dollar brain 1967. The movie was made in 1967, and in 1968 communist russia invaded czechoslovakia and advanced into europe. It was the fourth to feature an unnamed secret agent working for the british woocp intelligence agency. It was only michael caines character who remained a sceptic at the end. Overview of billion dollar brain, 1967, directed by ken russell, with michael caine, karl malden, ed begley, at turner classic movies. The image measures 960 62 pixels and is 548 kilobytes large. The asheville film society will screen billion dollar brain tuesday, july 1, at 8 p.
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Exspy private eye harry palmer michael caine, has taken a job over the phone which sends him to a london terminal to pick up a package which he cleverly examines, then to helsinki, in director ken russell s first studio feature, from the len deighton novel, billion dollar. Billion dollar brain 1967 harry palmer michael caine is a former british secret agent who has taken up work as a private detective. Billion dollar brain 1967 1080p bluray x264 sadpanda. Harry palmer has left the british secret service and become a private detective. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for billion dollar brain 1967. With michael caine, karl malden, ed begley, oskar homolka. While harry palmer and films like billion dollar brain were not quite the antithesis of those slick bond extravaganzas that took the movie industry by storm in the early 1960s the plot of this movie, for example, could quite easily be adapted into an 007 pic they. The complex main theme, built on a beautifully complex. If you are finnish, or have visited finland, the experience is either heightened or or lowered.
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