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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