Screenplay: Len Deighton

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Len Deighton. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Ipcress File

1965 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sidney J. Furie

Cast Michael Caine · Nigel Green · Guy Doleman · Gordon Jackson

Plot Harry Palmer is an unconventional counter-intelligence officer. Although a sergeant in the army, he is disrespectful of his superiors but does enjoy the finer things life has to offer. He...

6.4

931 votes

6.4

931 votes

The Ipcress File (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Watkins

Cast Paul Bazely · Joe Cole · Lucy Boynton · David Dencik

Plot TV Series (2022). 1 Season. 6 Episodes. As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which...

6.4

249 votes

6.4

249 votes

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969 · Movie · 144 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Attenborough

Cast Joe Melia · Colin Farrell · Paul Shelley · Angela Thorne

Plot A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family...

5.9

99 votes

5.9

99 votes

SS-GB (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philipp Kadelbach

Cast Sam Riley · Maeve Dermody · James Cosmo · Kate Bosworth

Plot TV Series (2017). 5 Episodes. A British homicide detective investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II.

5.8

251 votes

5.8

251 votes

Billion Dollar Brain

1967 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Russell

Cast Michael Caine · Karl Malden · Ed Begley · Oskar Homolka

Plot Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. One of his first assignments is to deliver an apparently innocent thermos flask to an old friend...

5.4

555 votes

5.4

555 votes

Midnight in Saint Petersburg (TV)

1996 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Douglas Jackson

Cast Michael Caine · Jason Connery · Michael Sarrazin · Michael Gambon

Plot Michael Caine reprises the role of Harry Palmer in this low-budget thriller. This time he finds himself in Russia trying to save a Russian ballerina from kidnappers and stop a...

5.1

133 votes

5.1

133 votes

Bullet to Beijing (TV)

1995 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George Mihalka

Cast Michael Caine · Jason Connery · Mia Sara · Michael Sarrazin

Plot Working-class espionage-agent Harry Palmer returns in this spy thriller. The story begins in London after a murder occurs during a demonstration at the North Korean embassy. Palmer, who was supposed...

5.0

181 votes

5.0

181 votes

Spy Story

1976 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lindsay Shonteff

Cast Michael Petrovitch · Philip Latham · Don Fellows · Michael Gwynne

Plot A British spy is framed, so he must evade the KGB, the CIA and the British Intelligence to reach the the heart of the conspiracy in Arctic.

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Only When I Larf

1968 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Richard Attenborough · David Hemmings · Alexandra Stewart · Nicholas Pennell

Plot This is a glossy tongue-in-cheek tale of two conmen and their girlfriend accomplice constantly trying to keep one step a head of the game with mixed success. A love-triangle develops...

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Game, Set, and Match (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Grieve · Patrick Lau

Cast Ian Holm · Michael Culver · Gail Harrison · Anthony Bate

Plot An adaption of Len Deghton's trilogy, "Berlin Game," "Mexico Set," "London Match." Bernard Samson is a spy in the employ of SIS, London Central. His wife, Fiona, defects to the...

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Not rated