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Billion Dollar Brain is a 1967 British espionage film directed by Ken Russell and based on the 1966 novel Billion-Dollar Brain by Len Deighton. The film features Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, the anti-hero protagonist.
Harry Palmer, a former British spy, investigates a plot by a Texan oil tycoon to overthrow Communism with a supercomputer. IMDb provides cast and crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this crime drama film.
Nov 10, 2014 · 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 in Helsinki, Palmer is suspicious of the flask contents and begins to doubt the motives of his friend and those of his boss a Texan billionaire.
Billion Dollar Brain is hilarious, thoughtful, and stimulating with Russell's erratic imagery and chaotic style for an arthouse spy thriller like no other.
Legendary filmmaker Ken Russell (Altered States) directed this third and final film in the great Harry Palmer series. The wonderful supporting cast includes Karl Malden, Ed Begley and Francoise...
A retired spy gets mixed up with plans to overthrow Communism using a new supercomputer.
Roger Ebert criticizes the spy movie "Billion Dollar Brain" for losing track of its plot and failing to explain its scheme. He praises Ed Begley's parody of right-wing oil millionaires, but finds the rest of the film confusing and boring.
