This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies jettisoning the excesses of 007 & introducing the sly dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer played by Michael Caine relishing a role that marked him for stardom The story based on Len Deighton&s novel centres on Palmer investigation into British Intelligence security He soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing kidnap & murder & finds a traitor is operating at the heart of the secret service Will the mysterious File’ reveal who the traitor is? Produced by Harry Saltzman (the early Bond movies) & with an evocative score by Academy Award winning John Barry The Ipcress File emerges as one of cinema wittiest & grittiest thrillers