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- Title
‘Jumping on the Bondwagon’: The Spy Cycle in British Cinema in the 1960s.
- Authors
Burton, Alan
- Abstract
The article examines the significant cycle of spy thrillers in British cinema in the 1960s. It argues that the success of the early James Bond pictures, which commenced with <italic>Dr. No</italic> in 1962, initiated a popular cycle of spy films that lasted through the decade. The interest in fictional intrigue generated by the new-style espionage stories of Len Deighton and John le Carré further fuelled the cycle, and there appeared a number of adaptations of these authors’ novels. The article pays particular attention to the critical reception of the cycle and the two styles of Bond-inspired spy thriller and Deighton/le Carré-inspired espionage drama, carefully considering the mounting reviewer fatigue regarding the overworked spy picture and recounting the decline of the cycle.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SPY films; MOTION pictures; MOTION picture industry; JAMES Bond films; DEIGHTON, Len, 1929-; LE Carre, John, 1931-2020
- Publication
Journal of British Cinema & Television, 2018, Vol 15, Issue 3, p328
- ISSN
1743-4521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/jbctv.2018.0426