Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.
Cast
Michael Caine
Harry Palmer
Paul Hubschmid
Johnnie Vulkan
Oskar Homolka
Colonel Stok
Eva Renzi
Samantha Steel
Guy Doleman
Ross
Hugh Burden
Hallam
Heinz Schubert
Aaron Levine
Wolfgang Völz
Werner
Thomas Holtzmann
Reinhardt
Günter Meisner
Kreutzman
Herbert Fux
Artur
Rainer Brandt
Benjamin
Rachel Gurney
Mrs. Ross
John Abineri
Rukel
David Glover
Chico
Sarah Brackett
Babcock
Charlotte Brummerhoff
Black Widow
Ira Hagen
Monica
Erhart Stettner
Old Man
Freda Bamford
Alice (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain
Lady on the London Bus (uncredited)
Patrick Halpin
Commuter (uncredited)
Ursula Heyer
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Marthe Keller
Brigit (uncredited)
Edward Meeks
East German Guard (uncredited)
Crew
Guy Hamilton
Director
Evan Jones
Screenplay
Len Deighton
Novel
John Bloom
Editor
Lesley Walker
Assistant Editor
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Michael Stevenson
Second Assistant Director
David Bracknell
Assistant Director
Harry Saltzman
Executive Producer
Clifford Parkes
Production Supervisor
Charles D. Kasher
Producer
Ken Adam
Production Design
Brian Elvin
Camera Operator
Bernard Ford
Assistant Camera
Barbara Gillett
Wardrobe Master
Brian Owen-Smith
Wardrobe Master
Freddie Williamson
Makeup Artist
Benny Royston
Makeup Artist
Peter Medak
Second Unit Director
Ben Rayner
Sound Editor
Peter T. Davies
Sound Recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Konrad Elfers
Original Music Composer
Vernon Dixon
Set Dresser
Harry Arbour
Construction Manager
Frank Ernst
Location Manager
Eileen Head
Continuity
Godfrey A. Godar
Additional Photography
Karl H. Elsner
Production Manager
Harry Rabinowitz
Conductor
Peter Murton
Art Direction
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