Billion Dollar Brain is a movie directed by Ken Russell in 1967 and based on the book of the same name by Len Deighton, first published in 1966. The movie features Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oskar Homolka, Françoise Dorléac, Guy Doleman, and others.
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Storyline
Harry Palmer, who has left MI5 to work as a private investigator, is told by a mechanical voice on the phone to take a package to Helsinki. The package contains six virus-laden eggs that have been stolen from the British government’s research facility at Porton Down. Harry is abducted by his former MI5 superior, Colonel Ross, who coerces him into working once more for the British government.
Movie vs Book
Year
1967
Minutes
111
Movie Rate
6.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1966
Pages
353
Book Rate
7.36
S: Goodreads
Book
Billion Dollar Brain
Author: Len Deighton
Country: UK
First published in: 1966
Length: 353 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Secret File
User polls & recommendations
“I never have any idea about who I would cast in my books. I don't think I could ever write a book thinking of it as a movie the whole time.”
JESS WALTER (Writer)
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