Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6570 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-08-11
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 547 minutes

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Five top films from one of Britain's greatest stars.

The Fourth Protocol
On 1 July 1968, America, Britain and Russia signed a treaty to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. The powers then added tour extra clauses. The most secret and dangerous of them was, and remains, the final. One winter, the Chairman of the KGB hatches a plan to breach this Fourth Protocol and detroy NATO. He sends an agent, Major Petrofsky (Pierce Brosnan), to assemble the operation. It is now up to M16 agent John Preston (Michael Caine) to stop him and his devastating mission. A truly classic thriller from Frederick Forsyth.

Educating Rita
Rita - a hairdresser with a sharp wit - is married to Denny and at 26 doesn’t want a baby. She wants to discover herself so she joins the Open University. Dr. Frank Bryant is a disillusioned university profesor of literature. His marriage has failed, his girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can’t get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge. Then along comes Rita. In this hilarious and often moving drama, the story tells how two people find a new lease of life through each other.

The Ipcress File
The tense spy thriller by Len Deighton that turned Michael Caine into a superstar. Cynical and rebellious ex-army sergeant Harry Palmer has been blackmailed into working for Britain’s security service. Hot on the trail of a kidnapped scientist, Palmer finds himself entangled in a sinister conspiracy involving horrifying brainwashing techniques, murar and treachery that reaches up to the highest levels of the security service itself.

The Eagle Has Landed
A Nazi strike force plots to assassinate Winston Churchill while he is resting in a desolate Norfolk village. Colonel Radl (Robert Duvall) masterminds the plot which, if successful, would change the outcome of the war. He enlists the help of Colonel Steiner (Michael Caine) and Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland). Disguised as Polish airmen, German paratroopers land in England. Radl’s plans appear to be going smoothly until an unforeseeable incident exposes the Germans. But the kidnap continues and Steiner, Luger in hand, approaches the unmistakable figure of Churchill. The action and suspense are unrelenting in this World War Two thriller based in Jack Higgins’ bestseller.

Without A Clue
Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley star in this hilarious and twisted spoof of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries. In this version, Dr Watson is the true master detective and Sherlock Homes is an out-and-out idiot.

Synopsis
A celebration of Michael Caine's most iconic films. Includes EDUCATING RITA (1983), Caine plays Dr. Frank Bryant, an alcoholic professor who tutors and befriends Rita (Julie Waters), a frustrated young housewife filled with wanderlust; THE FOURTH PROTOCOL (1987), Caine plays a senior British agent who gets demoted to a customs post, wherein he discovers impending Russian plot; THE EAGLE HAS LANDED (1976), John Sturges's adaptation of Jack Higgins's novel stars Caine as Nazi Col. Kurt Steiner, who has been court-marshaled for subordination. He is offered an assignment to go to England and kidnap Winston Churchill; THE IPCRESS FILE (1965), Caine plays master spy Harry Palmer, in this mystery thriller about an undercover gang who brainwash England's leading scientists; and WITHOUT A CLUE (1988) is a twist on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This time, Dr. Watson's (Ben Kingsley) the one with the mystery-solving talents, while Holmes is nothing but his fictional creation. To satisfy the public's interest, Watson hires bubbling actor Reginald Kincaid (Caine) to play the part for real.

Customer Reviews

Great collection
A great box of vintage Michael Caine movies. The stories span more than 20 years, from pop culture, over iron curtain espionage to humoresque. Could quality sound and picture.

An unusual but reasonably entertaining selection of films
The Ipcress File is the real stand out film in this box-set, closely followed by Educating Rita. The rest of them are fairly average, there are many much better Caine films that could have been pooled together. However chances are most Caine fans will already own most of his classics are are looking through his back catalogue for some of his forgotten roles. This collection is more aimed at them.
Overall entertaining enough but you'd better have a good reason for getting this box-set over this one Michael Caine Collection (Sleuth/The Italian Job/Alfie/Zulu/Funeral in Berlin) [DVD] [1978]