"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.

Movie rating: 5.4 / 10 (1881)

Directed by: George Mihalka

Writer credits: Harry Alan Towers - Harry Alan Towers

Cast: Anatoly Kulbitsky - Shaughan Seymour - Michael Caine - Corinna Richards - Tamara Timofeyeva

AKA: Len Deighton's Bullet to Beijing, Beijing express

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