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Billion Dollar Brain

Name: Billion Dollar Brain
Director: Ken Russell
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1967
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oskar Homolka, Françoise Dorléac

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

1967 · Directed by Ken Russell · 111 min · Thriller · 10 frames

Tagline

Pow… Power… Brainpower

Crew

Screenplay: John McGrath
Cinematography: Billy Williams
Edited by: Alan Osbiston
Music: Richard Rodney Bennett
Production design: Syd Cain, Bert Davey
Produced by: Harry Saltzman

Cast

Michael Caine as Harry Palmer
Karl Malden as Leo Newbigen
Ed Begley as General Midwinter
Oskar Homolka as General Stok
Françoise Dorléac as Anya
Guy Doleman as Colonel Ross
Vladek Sheybal as Dr. Eiwort
Milo Sperber as Basil
Janos Kurutz as Latvian Gangster
Alexei Jawdokimov as Latvian Gangster

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studios: Lowndes Productions Limited, Jovera Pictures AG/SA
Themes: england, spy, cold war, texas, anti-communism, swinging 60s, supercomputer, harry palmer, finland

More by Ken Russell

Tommy — 1975
The Lair of the White Worm — 1988
Altered States — 1980
The Devils — 1971
Crimes of Passion — 1984
Women in Love — 1969

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