The Quiller Memorandum
Seen it?1966 | 104 min | Thriller, Drama, Crime
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (57% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved The Bourne Supremacy or The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 44 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1966: an older pace and style.
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
57% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 32K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Michael Anderson
- George SegalQuiller
- Alec GuinnessPol
- Max von SydowOktober
- Senta BergerInge Lindt
- George SandersGibbs
- Robert HelpmannWeng
- Robert FlemyngRushington
- Peter CarstenHengel
- Ernst WalderGrauber
- Edith SchneiderHeadmistress