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The Internecine Project

  • 19741974
  • PGPG
  • 1h 29m
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6.2/10
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Christiane Krüger in The Internecine Project (1974)
A retired intelligence agent devises a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.
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A retired intelligence agent devises a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.A retired intelligence agent devises a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.A retired intelligence agent devises a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
881
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ken Hughes
  • Writers
    • Barry Levinson(screenplay)
    • Jonathan Lynn(screenplay)
    • Mort W. Elkind(from "Internecine" by)
  • Stars
    • James Coburn
    • Lee Grant
    • Harry Andrews
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  • Director
    • Ken Hughes
  • Writers
    • Barry Levinson(screenplay)
    • Jonathan Lynn(screenplay)
    • Mort W. Elkind(from "Internecine" by)
  • Stars
    • James Coburn
    • Lee Grant
    • Harry Andrews
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    • 19User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    James Coburn, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, and Christiane Krüger in The Internecine Project (1974)
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    James Coburn
    James Coburn
    • Professor Robert Elliot
    Lee Grant
    Lee Grant
    • Jean Robertson
    Harry Andrews
    Harry Andrews
    • Bert Parsons
    Ian Hendry
    Ian Hendry
    • Alex Hellman
    Michael Jayston
    Michael Jayston
    • David Baker
    Christiane Krüger
    Christiane Krüger
    • Christina Larsson
    • (as Christiane Kruger)
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • E. J. Farnsworth
    Terence Alexander
    Terence Alexander
    • Business Tycoon
    Philip Anthony
    • Eliot's Secretary
    • (as Phillip Anthony)
    Julian Glover
    Julian Glover
    • Arnold Pryce-Jones
    Mary Larkin
    Mary Larkin
    • Jean's Secretary
    Ewan Roberts
    Ewan Roberts
    • Laboratory Technician
    David Swift
    David Swift
    • Chester Drake
    Rolf Wanka
    Rolf Wanka
    • Art Dealer
    Ray Callaghan
    • TV Producer
    Ralph Ball
    Ralph Ball
    • Boy Friend
    Susan Majolier
    • Laboratory Assistant
    Brian Tully
    • First Business Man
    • Director
      • Ken Hughes
    • Writers
      • Barry Levinson(screenplay)
      • Jonathan Lynn(screenplay)
      • Mort W. Elkind(from "Internecine" by)
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    • Trivia
      During filming in London, James Coburn took time off to pose for the cover photograph of Wings third album, 'Band on the Run'.
    • Goofs
      In the lab experiment involving the rats, David Baker is told the frequency was 100,000 (Herz). A frequency that high is not detectable by human ears, so there was no reason for anyone to be wearing hearing protection. Human hearing range is only 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, so a frequency of 100,000 Hz would not have been audible, even though the machine was making an audible sound.

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    Deserves to be better known...
    This largely forgotten film from the darkest days of the British film industry probably deserves to be better known, if only for the fact that it manages to make a long sequence in which one man sits alone in a room waiting for the phone to ring quite suspenseful.

    James Coburn plays Robert Elliott, a former secret agent who must erase all evidence of his dirty past before taking a job as adviser to the US president. That past comes in the form of four former colleagues – nervy diabetic Ian Hendry, misogynistic cat-lover Harry Andrews, scientist Michael Jayston and call-girl Christiane Kruger. Eliot hits upon the ingenious idea of getting each of his intended victims to do the deed for him, leaving him completely unconnected to the murders. It's a fairly unique idea, and quite well-handled with some quirky characters thrown in (not of least of which is Harry 'A *woman*, Sir?' Andrews), and it is to writer Barry Levinson's credit that he manages to stretch what is a fairly thin plot over a reasonable running time without losing the viewer's interest.

    The ending belongs in a James Bond movie – although given the recent murder of a dissident Russian journalist, maybe that's not quite true – but it is a delicious pay-off and a fitting fate for an urbane character who is totally lacking in scruples.
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    • Jun 30, 2008

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    • Release date
      • July 24, 1974 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • West Germany
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Spijun koji je unistio svoje veze
    • Filming locations
      • Alembic House - 93 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • MacLean and Company
      • Lion International
      • Hemisphere Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $1,600,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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