Len Deighton's SS-GB

Started by Steve J, 24 April 2015, 02:24:09 PM

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Steve J

24 April 2015, 02:24:09 PM
Just read in the Radio Times that Deighton's 'SS-GB' is being filmed by/for the BBC next year. The writers are the chaps that penned James Bond's 'Skyfall', so could be good. Hope the production values are high...

Hertsblue

24 April 2015, 04:55:26 PM #1
Haven't read Deighton for years. He must be getting on now. Picked up the Michael Caine movies of The Ipcress File and Billion Dollar Brain on DVD a little while ago. Dated, but still rattling good yarns.
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25 April 2015, 10:43:41 AM #2
Funeral in Berlin is better than "Ipcress" or "Brain": Proper Cold War spying, everybody double crossing everybody else and no tech silliness.
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25 April 2015, 10:49:24 AM #3
I liked the Berlin Game/Set/Match sequence.
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25 April 2015, 11:02:41 AM #4
I liked Carry on Spying
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25 April 2015, 11:07:19 AM #5
Quote from: Fenton on 25 April 2015, 11:02:41 AM
I liked Carry on Spying

Terrible film.....unkess you are about 3

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Leman

25 April 2015, 01:31:44 PM #6
I think it was a joke.
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25 April 2015, 03:10:27 PM #7
no sense of humor me...

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26 April 2015, 10:00:06 AM #8
Granted.
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26 April 2015, 10:46:03 AM #9
Quote from: Last Hussar on 25 April 2015, 10:43:41 AM
Funeral in Berlin is better than "Ipcress" or "Brain": Proper Cold War spying, everybody double crossing everybody else and no tech silliness.

Yes. Still on the lookout for it.
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