The Quiller Memorandum

1966
Approved
1h 44m

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6.3/10

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In the West Berlin of the 1960s, two British agents are killed by a Nazi group, prompting British Intelligence to dispatch agent Quiller to investigate.

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In the West Berlin of the 1960s, two British agents are killed by a Nazi group, prompting British Intelligence to dispatch agent Quiller to investigate.In the West Berlin of the 1960s, two British agents are killed by a Nazi group, prompting British Intelligence to dispatch agent Quiller to investigate.In the West Berlin of the 1960s, two British agents are killed by a Nazi group, prompting British Intelligence to dispatch agent Quiller to investigate.

Director
- Michael Anderson
Writers
- Elleston Trevor
- Harold Pinter
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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

4.5K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Michael Anderson
Writers
- Elleston Trevor
- Harold Pinter
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards
- 4 nominations total

Hassler
(as Gunter Meisner)

Ernst Walder

Grauber

Philip Madoc

Oktober's Man (Brown Trousers)

John Rees

Oktober's Man (Black-Rimmed Glasses)

Bernard Barnsley

Mr. 'F'
(uncredited)

Victor Beaumont

Weiss
(uncredited)

Harry Brooks Jr.

Oktober's Man (Tall Blonde)
(uncredited)

Otto Friese

Waiter
(uncredited)

Herbert Fux

Oktober's Man (Pipe)
(uncredited)

Director
- Michael Anderson
Writers
- Elleston Trevor
- Harold Pinter
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Trivia
The source novel "The Berlin Memorandum" is billed in the credits as being by Adam Hall. This is a nom de plume for author Elleston Trevor.

Goofs
During the car chase scene, the cars behind Quiller's Porsche appear and disappear, and are sometimes alongside his car, on the driver's (left) side.

Quotes
Quiller: Met a man called Oktober.
Pol: Oh yes?
Quiller: Know him?
Pol: We've never actually met.
Quiller: At the end of our conversation, he ordered them to kill me.
Pol: And did they?

Connections
Featured in Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies (2014)

Soundtracks
Wednesday's Child (Theme Song)
Music by John Barry
Lyric by Mack David
Sung by Matt Monro
[Played on the radio when shoeless Quiller arrives at the hotel]

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Featured review

6/10

They Don't Make 'Em Like This Anymore

THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (3 outta 5 stars)

The 1960s saw a plethora of two kinds of spy movies: the outrageous semi-serious James Bond ripoffs (like the Flint and Matt Helm movies) and the very dry, methodical ones that were more talk than action (mostly John Le Carre and Alistair MacLean adaptations). This is one of the better examples of the talky thrillers. Not that the movie is boring... there is lots of good, cat-and-mouse dialogue courtesy of playwright Harold Pinter. George Segal plays the hero, an undercover spy who goes to West Berlin to find out who killed his predecessor... who was on the trail of modern-day Nazis. Segal has surprisingly little difficulty in finding himself right in the thick of things... being captured and drugged by the baddies... and even having time for a romance with a German schoolteacher who may know more than she lets on. Parts of the movie reminded me a lot of the classic "The Third Man"... which I think the director was trying to emulate at times. Well, this is not quite a classic of that caliber but it is a very well-written and smoothly-paced "old school" thriller. Segal makes a very cool lead... witty and sarcastic, yet with a vulnerable side, too.