The Quiller Memorandum
by Michael Anderson
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Actor: Alec Guinness, George Sanders, George Segal, Max von Sydow, Senta BergerDirector: Michael Anderson
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; German (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Quiller Memorandum
Movie Review: DECADE OF THE SPY STORIES
Summary: 5 Stars
Starting with the 007 books by Ian Fleming in the 1950's continuing for at least another decade or so, one can view those years as a decade of the spy novels. Near the top of any list of spy books were those written by Adam Hall (Elleston Trevor 1920-1995) which comprised the best selling "Quiller" series of books. Using the pen name "Adam Hall", Elleston Trevor wrote 19 novels all concerning the Quiller character and his career. Two standout features of Quiller was that he worked alone, and he never carried a pistol. For a time in 1975 the Quiller character appeared in a British television series. Most of Elleston Trevor's 'Adam Hall' books are yet obtainable through dealers, however, some sell a;t fairly hefty prices.
The movie taken from the first Quiller novel, The Berlin Memorandum, was renamed for the movie, The Quiller Memorandu, with the movie containing the same mind grabbing content as the novel. Next to LenDeighton's Harry Palmer books made into movies, Funeral In Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain, the movie The Quiller Memorandum is somewhat unique. In an era noted for the East against West, this movie deals with a Neo Nazi movement in Germany. The movie was unique for its time with a subject that one can still read about in newspapers of our time. Unique again in the 60's era of gadgetry Quiller never resorts to carrying a firearm.
The color of the The Quiller Memorandum is still excellent, and the wide screen version offers a very enticing view helping to draw the viewer deeply into the plot. There are enough twists and turns to keep even the most avid spy reader and viewer interested. Though the books are generally much better suited for involving the reader, the movie does quite well keeping viewer's attention.
Having had a very small, very minor background in all this in the mid-1960s, plus being an avid reader of stories by W. Somersr Maughan to Ian Fleming to Len Deighton, among several others, I give this movie portrayal of the 'game' two thumbs up. It's only fictional fantasy but it is very enjoyable fiction all the same.
Unless one purchases this movie, though the cable channels occassionally give it some play, The Quiller Memorandum can be a rather difficult movie to catch up with. Buth carching up with it on Turner Classic Movies is still worth the watching.
Semper Fi.
Summary of The Quiller Memorandum
George Segal Alec Guinness and Max von Sydow square off against each other in this espionage thriller adapted by Harold Pinter from the novel by Adam Hall aka for writer Elleston Trevor.Ace spy Quiller is lured away from holiday to replace a British agent who died while essaying a most challenging assignment: infiltrating the Neo-Nazi ranks.Now Quiller must find the group's station in Germany. Along the way however he is abducted tortured reprogrammed doped and almost blown up.The resilient prober though will show the evil Neo-Nazi leader Oktober that he has more lives than a cat and more tricks up his sleeve than anyone this side of James Bond.System Requirements:Running Time 105 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?NR UPC:?024543381440 Manufacturer No:?2238144Action & Adventure DVD Video
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