Bullet to Beijing


Bullet to Beijing is a 1995 madefortelevision film that continues the adventures of the fictional spy Harry Palmer, who appeared in the 1960s films The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain, based on books by author Len Deighton. Though an alternate title is Len Deightons Bullet to Beijing, Deighton was not associated with the film at all.

Louis John DunnHill, one of his old contacts, tells him that the Alorex will be on a train, the Bullet to Beijing. ExKGB Colonel Gradsky Lev Prygunov and his men are also passengers, as are Nick, Natasha and Craig Warner Michael Sarrazin, yet another unemployed spy, this time formerly with the CIA. When Harry and Nick try to find out what is in the crate Gradsky is transporting to the North Korean embassy, Gradsky as a professional courtesy merely has them thrown off the train. Conveniently, though they are in Siberia, there is an airport nearby, and they are able to board a crowded, ramshackle Aeroflot Antonov An30 aircraft. Though the plane runs out of fuel and has to set down 300 miles from the trains next stop, Harry and Nick just barely manage to get back aboard the Bullet.When they go to confront Gradsky, they receive several surprises. Natasha, whom they find in the colonels compartment, turns out to be Gradskys daughter. Then, they learn that Gradsky also works for Alex. Finally, Harry guesses that Alex is selling the Alorex to the North Koreans for heroin, a specialty of Craigs. Nick, who sincerely thinks that Alex is the man to lead Russia in the troubled times ahead, refuses to believe it. Harry talks Gradsky into dumping his half of the Alorex and replacing it with vodka and urine. But where is the other component? Then, Harry remembers that Louis grandson had given him a seemingly innocent gift, a Matryoshka doll. Inside, he finds a vial. ........

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