Bullet to Beijing Movie Review 1995

After some 30 years, Caine returns to his role as intelligence agent Harry Palmer. Forced into retirement, Harry finds himself privately recruited by Russian businessman Alex (Gambon) to retrieve a stolen chemical weapon being transported on a train headed for China. Harry gets a little local help from Nicolai and Natasha (Connery and Sara) but treachery is all around. Follows "The Ipcress File," "Funeral in Berlin," and "Billion Dollar Brain"; based on the novel by Len Deighton.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Cold War Spies, Growing Older, Trains, Technology--Rampant, Books to Film: Len Deighton, St. Peterburg (Russia)

Screenplay

Peter Welbeck

Cast

Michael Caine, Michael Gambon, Jason Connery, Mia Sara, Patrick Allen, Burt Kwouk, Michael Sarrazin, Sue Lloyd

Cinematography

Terence Cole

Director

George Mihalka

Music

Rick Wakeman

Producer

John Dunning, Andre Link, Harry Alan Towers, Showtime Networks