The Ipcress File is a TV mini-series directed by James Watkins in 2022 and based on the book of the same name by Len Deighton, first published in 1962. The TV series features Paul Bazely, Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, David Dencik, Tom Hollander, Tamla Kari, and others.
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Storyline
Harry Palmer’s first case is The Ipcress File, which involves a missing British nuclear scientist. But Palmer’s links to the man suspected of the kidnap takes him on a potentially deadly undercover global mission from Berlin, to London, Beirut and a nuclear atoll in the Pacific. Will Palmer survive brainwashing, inter-departmental rivalry, treason and a series of dangerous twists and turns?
Movie vs Book
Year
2022
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Ipcress File
Director: James Watkins
Country: UK
Year: 2022-
Length: 1h / 6 episodes
Year
1962
Pages
342
Book Rate
7.90
S: Goodreads
Book
The Ipcress File
Author: Len Deighton
Country: UK
First published in: 1962
Length: 342 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Secret File
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Sidney J. Furie
Movie by George Mihalka
Movie by Douglas Jackson
User polls & recommendations
“When you adapt a 500-page book, you have to know that it won't fit into two hours. There are things that have to be left out and others that have to be told in a different way.”
MANEL LOUEIRO (Writer)
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