The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum
Directed byMichael Anderson
Screenplay byHarold Pinter
Based onThe Berlin Memorandum
1965 novel
by Elleston Trevor
Produced byIvan Foxwell
StarringGeorge Segal
Alec Guinness
Max von Sydow
Senta Berger
George Sanders
Robert Helpmann
CinematographyErwin Hillier
Edited byFrederick Wilson
Music byJohn Barry
Production
company
Ivan Foxwell Productions
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 10 November 1966 (1966-11-10) (London-Premiere)
  • 13 January 1967 (1967-01-13) (UK)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£912,757[1]
Box office$1,500,000 (US/ Canada)[2]

The Quiller Memorandum is a 1966 British neo noir eurospy film filmed in Deluxe Color and Panavision, adapted from the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Elleston Trevor under the name "Adam Hall", screenplay by Harold Pinter, directed by Michael Anderson, featuring George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow and Senta Berger. The film was shot on location in West Berlin and in Pinewood Studios, England. It was nominated for three BAFTA Awards,[3] while Pinter was nominated for an Edgar Award for the script.

The film is a spy-thriller set in 1960s West Berlin, where agent Quiller is sent to investigate a neo-Nazi organisation.

The film had its world premiere on 10 November 1966 at the Odeon Leicester Square in the West End of London.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945–1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
  2. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.
  3. ^ "The Quiller Memorandum". IMDb. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

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