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Bullet to Beijing

- The Ipcress File's Harry Palmer is back.... and the Cold War is heating up again!

When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He'll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it's being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone's really on.

Release Date : 1995-12-20

Language :EnglishKoreanHungarianPolishRussian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Harry Palmer ProductionsShowtime NetworksLenfilm

Production Country : CanadaUnited States of AmericaUnited KingdomRussia

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Michael Caine

Character Name : Harry Palmer

Original Name : Michael Caine

Gender : Male

Jason Connery

Character Name : Nikolai Petrov

Original Name : Jason Connery

Gender : Male

Mia Sara

Character Name : Natasha Gradetsky

Original Name : Mia Sara

Gender : Female

Michael Gambon

Character Name : Alexei

Original Name : Michael Gambon

Gender : Male

Michael Sarrazin

Character Name : Craig

Original Name : Michael Sarrazin

Gender : Male

Lev Prygunov

Character Name : Gen. Gradsky

Original Name : Лев Прыгунов

Gender : Male

Patrick Allen

Character Name : Colonel Wilson

Original Name : Patrick Allen

Gender : Male

Sue Lloyd

Character Name : Jean

Original Name : Sue Lloyd

Gender : Female

Burt Kwouk

Character Name : Kim Soo

Original Name : Burt Kwouk

Gender : Male

John Dunn-Hill

Character Name : Louis

Original Name : John Dunn-Hill

Gender : Male

Anatoli Davydov

Character Name : Yuri Stephanovich

Original Name : Anatoli Davydov

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Character Name : Sacha

Original Name : Александр Завьялов

Gender : Male

Helena Michell

Character Name : Henrietta

Original Name : Helena Michell

Gender : Female

Anatoly Suvnikov

Character Name : Tolya

Original Name : Anatoly Suvnikov

Gender : Male

Ivan Shvedoff

Character Name : Peter Sergeyvich

Original Name : Иван Шведов

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Ilin

Character Name : Ivan

Original Name : Александр Ильин

Gender : Male

Shaughan Seymour

Character Name : Carruthers

Original Name : Shaughan Seymour

Gender : Male

Corinna Richards

Character Name : Policewoman

Original Name : Corinna Richards

Gender : Female

Juliette Benson

Character Name : Juliette

Original Name : Juliette Benson

Gender : Male

Anatoly Kulbitsky

Character Name : Prof. Kulbitsky

Original Name : Anatoly Kulbitsky

Gender : Male

Tamara Timofeeva

Character Name : Elderly Woman

Original Name : Тамара Тимофеева

Gender : Female

Ingolf Gorges

Character Name : Andrei

Original Name : Ingolf Gorges

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Bajkov

Character Name : Louis' Grandson

Original Name : Aleksandr Bajkov

Gender : Male

Gregory Hlady

Character Name : Police Inspector

Original Name : Gregory Hlady

Gender : Male

Tatjana Berkova

Character Name : Hotel Check-In Woman

Original Name : Tatjana Berkova

Gender : Male

Svetlana Nemirovskaya

Character Name : Stewardess

Original Name : Svetlana Nemirovskaya

Gender : Female

Sergey Russkin

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Сергей Русскин

Gender : Male

Anastasiya Belova

Character Name : Illona

Original Name : Anastasiya Belova

Gender : Female

Mikhail Alikin

Character Name : Singer in Bar

Original Name : Mikhail Alikin

Gender : Male

Annika Bullus

Character Name : Girl in Savoy Bar

Original Name : Annika Bullus

Gender : Male

Chris Tulloch

Character Name : Attendant

Original Name : Chris Tulloch

Gender : Male

Igor Khvan

Character Name : Korean Driver

Original Name : Igor Khvan

Gender : Male

Dmitriy Nagiev

Character Name : Chechen terrorist

Original Name : Дмитрий Нагиев

Gender : Male

Anatoliy Shvederskiy

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Анатолий Шведерский

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-03

Michael Caine reprises his portrayal of the Len Deighton character "Harry Palmer" in this rather cheap and cheerful cold-war thriller. This time he joins forces with the handsome, but lightweight, Jason Connery ("Nick") as they work for the enigmatic "Alex" (an unlikely Russian Michael Gambon) to thwart a deadly plan to release a virus that has been pinched by some North Koreans. A few other familiar faces try their best to pep this along, but it's really just an amalgam of themes that is well past it's sell by date. Caine is there, but he isn't - maybe another swimming pool? The dialogue is really pretty pedestrian (though the "we're all getting a bit too old for this" byline does raise a smile now and again). It's got plenty of stylish location photography and the action scenes - of which there is a distinct paucity - are quite good fun when we get them. Otherwise, it's a mediocre television movie that I found placed the "Palmer' character in a series of fish-out-of-water scenarios that rather undermined the charm and novelty of his earlier outings. Caine can carry a film, his sheer weight of personality does that here - but this is certainly nobody's finest work.