The Ipcress Files Harry Palmer is back.and the Cold War is heating up again! The Cold War is over and illustrious British agent Harry Palmer finds himself surplus to requirements and no longer in Her Majesties Secret Service. On his arrival in ?new Russia hes promptly approached by a Russian tycoon, Alex (Gambon). In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russias future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. Hell pay Harry and his young accomplice Nick (Connery) handsomely to retrieve it before it falls in the hands of North Korea. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that its being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyones really on.