thriller film
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starring
Michael Caine
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for the fifth and final time as British secret agent Harry Palmer.
It served as a sequel to ''
Bullet to Beijing
''Bullet to Beijing'' is a 1995 made-for-television film that continues the adventures of the fictional spy Harry Palmer, who appeared in the 1960s films ''The Ipcress File'', '' Funeral in Berlin'' and ''Billion Dollar Brain'', based on books ...
'', which had been released the year before, the two films having been shot back-to-back. Three previous films featuring Caine as Palmer were released in the 1960s, beginning with '' The Ipcress File''.
Plot
Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in
Moscow
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. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov ( Jason Connery), ex-
CIA
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agent Craig (
Michael Sarrazin
Michael Sarrazin (May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011)
Lev Prygunov
Lev Georgievich Prygunov (russian: Лев Гео́ргиевич Прыгуно́в; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director .
After graduation, ...
weapons-grade
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plutonium
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stolen from the Russian government, though they do not know the identity of their client.
This leads Harry back to
Saint Petersburg
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, where (in ''Bullet to Beijing'') he managed to make enemies of both of the leading rival gangsters, Alex (
Michael Gambon
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) and Yuri (
Anatoli Davydov
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Ca ...
). Nonetheless, suspecting that Alex is involved, Harry talks Yuri into helping him.
As a complication, Nick's ballerina girlfriend Tatiana (
Tanya Jackson
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) is kidnapped by a gang working for Alex into order to pressure her father, the head curator of the
Hermitage Museum
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, into helping steal valuable artwork for crooked art dealer Dr. Vestry (
Serge Houde
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He is best known for his role in Jon Cassar's Emmy-nominated miniseries '' The Kennedys'' playing the notorious Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom ...
). Also in the mix is reporter Brandy (
Michelle Burke
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), who turns out also to be working for Alex. Nick is captured when he goes looking for Tatiana, but manages to escape in time to assist Harry, with Yuri's help, foil both schemes.
Cast
*
Michael Caine
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Yuri Limonty Yuri may refer to:
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as Circus Clown
*
Tanya Jackson
Tanya may refer to:
* Tanya (Judaism),an early work of Hasidic philosophy by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
* Tanya (name), a given name and list of people with the name
* Tanya or Lara Saint Paul (born 1946)
* List of Mortal Kombat characters#Tany ...
Michelle Burke
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Michael Sarrazin
Michael Sarrazin (May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011)
Michael Gambon
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as Alexei Alexeyevich
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Lev Prygunov
Lev Georgievich Prygunov (russian: Лев Гео́ргиевич Прыгуно́в; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director .
After graduation, ...
Anatoli Davydov
Anatoli Viktorovich Davydov (russian: Анатолий Викторович Давыдов; born 13 November 1953) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the director of the academy for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Ca ...
as Yuri Stephanovich
*
Serge Houde
Serge Houde (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian film and television character actor.
He is best known for his role in Jon Cassar's Emmy-nominated miniseries '' The Kennedys'' playing the notorious Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom ...
as Dr. Armand Vestry
* Ingolf Gorges as Club Manager
*
Evgeny Zharikov
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John Dunn-Hill
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as Louis
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