When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he’s promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia’s future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He’ll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it’s being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone’s really on.
Length 101 minutes
Michael Caine | Jason Connery | Mia Sara | Michael Gambon | Michael Sarrazin | Lev Prygunov | Patrick Allen | Sue Lloyd | Burt Kwouk | John Dunn-Hill | Anatoli Davydov | Aleksandr Zavyalov | Helena Michell | Anatoly Suvnikov | Ivan Shvedoff | Aleksandr Ilin | Shaughan Seymour | Corinna Richards | Juliette Benson | Anatoly Kulbitsky | Tamara Timofeyeva | Ingolf Gorges | Aleksandr Bajkov | Gregory Hlady | Tatjana Berkova | Svetlana Nemirovskaya | Sergei Russkin | Anastasiya Belova | Mikhail Alikin | Annika Bullus | Chris Tulloch | Igor Khvan | Dmitriy Nagiev | Anatoli Shvedersky