The IPCRESS File The IPCRESS File The IPCRESS File is Len Deighton's first spy novel, published in 1962. It was made into a film in 1965 produced by Harry Saltzman, directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Michael Caine. The novel, which involves Cold War brainwashing, includes scenes in Lebanon and on an atoll for a United States atomic weapon test, as well as information about Joe One, the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb, although these elements did not appear in the film version. The novel is framed as the unnamed protagonist delivering his personal report on "the IPCRESS affair" directly to the
The File on Devlin review called it "a thriller that thrilled indifferently." The "New York Times" called it "an overstuffed, improbable bit of claptrap without suspense, wit or intelligence." The File on Devlin The File on Devlin is a 1969 American TV film for the "Hallmark Hall of Fame". It was based on a novel by Catherine Gaskin. The novel was published in 1965. It was directed by George Schaefer, who had just directed the feature film "Pendulum". He called the film "an old fashioned spy story with a mysterious disappearance, an old castle, dark corridors and secret passages, great fun." Elizabeth Ashley made