Review of The Quiller Memorandum (1966) by Stephen C — 29 Jul 2012
After the success of the James Bond franchise is the early sixties several studios hopped on the bandwagon to make thier own spy capers.
Most of these films were pretty dire,but several films such as The Ipcress file and the Deadly Affair sought to be the polar opposite of Bonds action packed goings on.
The Quiller Memorandum is another of those spy films in which even our hero dosent even carry a gun.
What also makes this film great is the fact Harold Pinter is the screenwriter here so we get plenty of Pinteresque dialogue most notably from Alec Guiness as Quillers superior Pol.
George Segal plays the lead with just the right sort of easy charm and of course Max Von Sydow makes a great sinister villain.
Director Michael Anderson takes time a and care to build the plot and we get plenty of notable scenes before we build to the climax and of course the great loaction work in Berlin just as the city was caught between war torn ruin and new an vita business city.
An excellent spy thriller then with plenty going for it ,one worth catching.
This review of The Quiller Memorandum (1966) was written by Stephen C on 29 Jul 2012.
The Quiller Memorandum has generally received mixed reviews.
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