Editing Harry Palmer (section)

===''The Ipcress File''===
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''The IPCRESS File'' novel came out just after the release of the first [[James Bond (character)|James Bond]] film ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' (1962). When the novel reached best-seller status, [[Eon Productions]] [[film producer]]s [[Harry Saltzman]] and [[Albert R. Broccoli]] approached Deighton to write the script for the second [[James Bond|Bond]] film, ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' (1963). Little of Deighton's [[screenplay]] was actually used on the shoot. Saltzman decided instead to make use of ''The IPCRESS File'' in the expectation of beginning a new secret agent film series. Unlike the [[James Bond (film series)|Bond films]], ''The Ipcress File'' was designed to have a somewhat different, mostly rather naturalistic style, with hints of the [[Kitchen sink realism|
kitchen sink school]], film adaptations of which Saltzman had produced. Saltzman, however, also contracted crew members who had worked on the Bond films, including production designer [[Ken Adam]], film editor [[Peter R. Hunt|Peter Hunt]], and film score composer [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]].<ref name="Angelini">{{cite news|last=Angelini|first=Sergio|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/459866/|title=Ipcress File, The (1965)|work=BFI Screenonline|access-date=20 May 2018}}</ref> [[Michael Caine]] was chosen to play the lead role.

In the film version, Harry Palmer is a British Army [[sergeant]] forcibly drafted into the security services to work away a prison sentence for [[black market]]eering. He worked first for [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Intelligence]], then the [[Foreign Office]]. He works for the brilliant but slightly duplicitous [[Colonel Ross]]. Harry Palmer has much in common with Deighton, including passions for [[military history]] (Harvey Newbegin complains about his bookshelf contents in ''Billion Dollar Brain''), [[cooking]], and classical music.