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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: December 20, 1995

Runtime: 101 minutes

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Rating: 4.9/10 (31 votes)


Harry Palmer Collection

  • The Ipcress File

    The Ipcress File

    Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.

  • Funeral in Berlin

    Funeral in Berlin

    Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.

  • Billion Dollar Brain

    Billion Dollar Brain

    A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

  • Bullet to Beijing

    Bullet to Beijing

    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.

  • Midnight in Saint Petersburg

    Midnight in Saint Petersburg

    Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov, ex-CIA agent Craig, and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky. They take on the job of finding 1000 grams of weapons-grade plutonium stolen from the Russian government, though they do not know the identity of their client.


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Cast

  • Michael Caine

    Michael Caine

    Harry Palmer

  • Jason Connery

    Jason Connery

    Nikolai Petrov

  • Mia Sara

    Mia Sara

    Natasha Gradetsky

  • Michael Gambon

    Michael Gambon

    Alexei

  • Michael Sarrazin

    Michael Sarrazin

    Craig

  • Lev Prygunov

    Lev Prygunov

    Gen. Gradsky

  • Patrick Allen

    Patrick Allen

    Colonel Wilson

  • Sue Lloyd

    Sue Lloyd

    Jean

  • Burt Kwouk

    Burt Kwouk

    Kim Soo

  • John Dunn-Hill

    John Dunn-Hill

    Louis

  • Anatoli Davydov

    Anatoli Davydov

    Yuri Stephanovich

  • Aleksandr Zavyalov

    Aleksandr Zavyalov

    Sacha

  • Ivan Shvedoff

    Ivan Shvedoff

    Peter Sergeyvich

  • Aleksandr Ilin

    Aleksandr Ilin

    Ivan

  • Shaughan Seymour

    Shaughan Seymour

    Carruthers

  • Tamara Timofeeva

    Tamara Timofeeva

    Elderly Woman

  • Ingolf Gorges

    Ingolf Gorges

    Andrei

  • Gregory Hlady

    Gregory Hlady

    Police Inspector

  • Sergey Russkin

    Sergey Russkin

    Pilot

  • Dmitriy Nagiev

    Dmitriy Nagiev

    Chechen terrorist

  • Anatoliy Shvederskiy

    Anatoliy Shvederskiy

    Doctor